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-My Week at the Clinic-    Hurricane Sandy welcomed us to Haiti with torrents of rain and wind. We made it back to the mission just in time for the rain to begin in earnest. And there we sat. Clinic was closed for the next two days while we sopped up buckets of water and […]

     It’s Friday! I walk out the gate and say “Good-morning” to Grandpa Harold.     “Are you ready for another busy day?” he wonders.     I tell him I hope I am.     “Ready or not, it’s coming,” he jokes.     And it did. I walked over to the clinic and Fre Adolph is

This morning we were very happy to send our malaria patient on her way.  After 4 liters of fluid, IV and 3 doses of chloroquine, she was in much better shape.  It’s always so encouraging to see progress.   (L to R)  Mother (who was sick), her aunt and baby

     Good-morning! With coffee behind us, it’s time to unlock the gate and face another morning at the clinic.     Yesterday was an interesting day, with some twists to it. We started off with our re-bandaging patients, and then swung into the day. Thankfully, they looked pretty good, and we even sent the one

This is a little girl who came to the clinic with a bad burn covering a large portion of her abdomen and smaller burns other places on her body.  Mis Leda saw her first and had several follow-up visits with her.  As time when on, it seemed to possibly have done internal damage or be

This is the little boy who was “Near Death’s Door”  Eifadel is progressing slowly, but he is progressing!  He now often gives a bright smile as I enter the hospital room.  I had hoped he’d have gone home by now, but even though the worse spot has improved greatly, his left knee is still quite

     “Knock! Knock! Wake up Nurse Anita!”     So, Nurse Anita does. She walks up to the gate expecting to assist a lady to the clinic. But she is surprised. The lady is smiling.     “While I was knocking the baby came.” she explains easily.     This is the start to our Friday. It

You all were promised an update on the births that we had last week, here it finally is! Tuesday we had a girl come into the clinic in labor.  She had a while to go, so we gave her a bed, and kept tabs on her throughout the day.  In the afternoon, another girl came

When the clinic staff’s birthdays come around, we try to make it special.  This week it was Direk.  (He’s the one that takes down basic information on the medical charts for patients, and he collects the payment for treatment.)  We keep it simple, but they really enjoy the “party”!     Direk with his cupcakes

This post is about…BANDAGING!  So if blood and wounds are not for you – scroll down slowly to give your stomach time to process the sights. 🙂 While Anita, the two Haitian nurses, and Michael perform consultations, etc. I typically clean and bandage most of our regular bandage patients. Here are some wound care patients