We are still exhausted but moving forward.We have not had a day off since the quake and we are often working into the night. We are moving to recovery now however and need to prepare for the marathon.
Since the last update, we have now had the OR going (that was constructed in our lab for now) and have been having post op in our school. Many organizations have set up hospital wards in their buildings. We have had great orthopedic surgeons here and we have been having post op in our school. Each amputee and wounded has a story. Their stories are incredible.....
Here you can see a team of surgeons and doctors praying for the country after dealing with the many trauma patients.
I have been coordinating hospitals to funnel patients to MOH for surgeries and doing assessments in tent cities. We have had many medical transfers from Port au Prince field hospitals via US Navy helicopters. Pretty cool!
My clinic staff is all back to work now and praise God they are all alive. Many have lost their houses and family members. They are terrified that we are going to have another big quake with the aftershocks. (we only had 1 very short 4.7 this week) We have seen a 3 fold increase in patients and visiting teams are working hard to help our staff with the volume. It is a huge job to coordinate the medical teams that are coming down but essential.
Laurens is busy with the volume of changes going on at the mission as we have distributed over 2.1 million meals since the quake and many things are being changed in our infrastructure to accommodate shipments of aid coming in.
The kids are doing well. They and we have had some trauma counseling and everyone is dealing with it well in general. We have many "quirks" about things right now but they tell us that these are normal things that will pass with time and open communication.
We are looking forward to having a bit of time off as the mission will send us soon for a little break to deal with the trauma we have seen and to spend some family time together.
Thanks to everyone for your continued support and prayers.
We will keep you updated
2 comments:
God Bless you and the Mission of Hope. It was an honor and a priveledge to work at the MoH. Texas Orthopedics is committed to help as much as we can. Thanks for all your efforts. Checkout my blog at https://haitimohtxo.blogspot.com. I'm trying to relate a few of the amazing stories and lessons I learned in Haiti
We are still thinking of you often, sending love from Canada, and in awe of all of the great work you are doing in Haiti... also hoping that things are moving forward with the adoption of the twins.
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