Wednesday we spent the day at Pazapa, the OT and PT got lots of work done, but I spent the day organizing the week! The MD taught a first aid course at Trinity House and the RN worked at the hospital.
On Thursday, another great canadian adventure was had - we went to do a triage outpatient clinic high up in the mountains... this required us to take a taptap up the mountain. To get to where we were going, it was necessary to cross a river a couple of times. The first time, we got stuck - smack dab in the middle of the river. All of a sudden their were eight men in their boxers pushing us out of the river!!!
We then saw a kiddo at a school and then went to Bellevue Klinik. We saw about 40 kids, all of whom had disabilities and needed rehab. It was such an amazing experience! And not without tears. We had a 20 year old girl with stroke paired with malaria, typhoid and jaundice. Her mom and dad were A-MAZ-ING!!! They took such good care of her it was remarkable! Tears were shed after I watched Mom fall with her daughter trying to get her down the stairs. After asking how far she lived from the klinik, she said not far - 2kms... this kid was a 2 person assist!!! Then Dad showed up with the mule and they loaded her on... as they walked off one parent on each side assuring her safety! Did I mention there were tears? An extraordinary family!!! Reminded me of how lucky I am!!!! And how lucky I am to have experienced this!
Today we went to Pazapa where I assessed a bunch of language kiddos, then we went to assess a 3 month old baby who was VERY unwell....our team I think was in shock and the PT from Pazapa was amazing at putting everything into perspective for the young mother... I don't think this kiddo is going to survive.
After we pulled ourselve together, we went to the physiotherapy klinik owned and subsidized by Dr. Leon Paul. We saw many stroke patients and did a multidisciplinary assessment. I am very fortunate to have such a great team with me.
Our RN went to Friends of the Children of Haiti clinic and triaged about 200 kiddos! Our MD went to the CCH clinic at Potay Leogane and saw many patients.
Tonight we went for some Barbencourt and some dancing! Fun FUN FUN!
Tomorrow - Bassin Bleu!
Bon Bagay!
No comments:
Post a Comment