A sweet girl taking her wares home in a homemade Canadian bag. Thanks Mom!
Joyce thinks she is a pediatric nurse
Our Haiti paging system involves a white rock set outside the door by the nurse needing Dr. Antoinette and she always responds ASAP however when Martin and Gord tried with an even bigger rock the system failed - very similar to our power She is kept busy doing everything from IV Lasix for someone with heart failure to removing an extra small finger from a baby. She sent a 3 month old baby weighing 4KGs into Port au Prince today for a referral to a pediatrician and another couple patients off for TB testing.
A woman of many talents dressed in her Walmart
finest that she had to shop for in Miami since
the airlines lost her luggage with all her clothes.
At the end of the day today, her luggage arrived and everyone cheered!!!
finest that she had to shop for in Miami since
the airlines lost her luggage with all her clothes.
At the end of the day today, her luggage arrived and everyone cheered!!!
Lynnise doing what she loves.
Two days down and we have all completely cleaned out our
pores from the inside…in other words…”sweat” is the flavor of the day! Yes it
has been HOT but we have been busy enough we hardly noticed. The new clinic is
such a blessing with ceiling fans that circulate when the power is on. Martin
and Gord creatively constructed a canopy between the 2 parts of the clinic
today with some pipe, boards, a tarp with plenty of ventilation of its own and
a good amount of duct tape. It made a big difference for the people waiting their
turn. Working in the pharmacy has been keeping Dallas and I on our toes. Dallas
is a tremendous asset on the team and although the pharmacy is busy, it is
running smoothly. Dallas is almost bilingual already as he writes the medication
instructions out in Creole without using the cheat notes. We see blood
pressures that are beyond high, like 220/150, but they patiently stand at our
window to get their medications! Everyone LOVES getting their sunglasses and
since we try to give sunglasses only to those with eye conditions, it is kind
of hard to say no to people who want to get their hands on a pair so
desperately. Good thing that sunglasses are such a prized possession because at
the Haiti airport, even though we were declaring many thousands of dollars of
pharmaceuticals, the customs officer just continually admired the sunglasses
hoping we would cave in and give him a pair and meanwhile all the medications
went through. Elva
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