This is part 10 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 8- REST, DOWNTIME, AND THEN THIS Following 24 hours in the cholera hospital, Monday was about downtime and rest. I slept from 4am until 8:15 then got up for […]
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This is part 9 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 7, PART 2- “LIVES SAVED, WHILE YOU WAIT” My shift was not spent entirely in the friendly, tarp-walled, gravel-floored pharmacy. I did assist in oversight of the Oral Rehydration […]
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This is part 8 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 7—SUNDAY 2AM-MONDAY 4AM—PART 1 THE HOSPITAL: ARMED GUARDS, RAZOR WIRE, AND AN EVACUATION PLAN I just counted. I have eight pages of hand-written notes about one 24-hour shift in […]
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This is part 7 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 5—A ROLLER COASTER RIDE OF SORTS Just when you think you might be sensing a routine in this desperate environment that is post-earthquake Haiti, things change once again. Jude, […]
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This is part 6 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 4- “PLEASE SIR, I NEED SOAP!” Each day in Haiti is a little different that the last. This morning, we got one translator and one driver back even though […]
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This is part 5 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 3—FEWER PATIENTS, MORE SERIOUS ILLNESS Exhilaration describes the mood throughout much of the medical team as we headed back from the mountain village of Topya. We had held back […]
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his is part 4 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed the prior post! DAY 2-PERMANENT DISASTER? I had an interesting conversation with Dan last night at bedtime. I thought about Day 1’s work and wondered, based on that, if we would be […]
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Eleven Days in Haiti: Part 10 – Rest, Downtime, and MedEvacs
This is part 10 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 8- REST, DOWNTIME, AND THEN THIS Following 24 hours in the cholera hospital, Monday was about downtime and rest. I slept from 4am until 8:15 then got up for […]
Eleven Days in Haiti: Part 9 – “LIVES SAVED, WHILE YOU WAIT”
This is part 9 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 7, PART 2- “LIVES SAVED, WHILE YOU WAIT” My shift was not spent entirely in the friendly, tarp-walled, gravel-floored pharmacy. I did assist in oversight of the Oral Rehydration […]
Eleven Days in Haiti: Part 8 – The Hospital: Armed Guards, Razor Wire, and an Evacuation Plan
This is part 8 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 7—SUNDAY 2AM-MONDAY 4AM—PART 1 THE HOSPITAL: ARMED GUARDS, RAZOR WIRE, AND AN EVACUATION PLAN I just counted. I have eight pages of hand-written notes about one 24-hour shift in […]
Eleven Days in Haiti: Part 7 – Roller Coasters, Purpose, and Providence
This is part 7 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 5—A ROLLER COASTER RIDE OF SORTS Just when you think you might be sensing a routine in this desperate environment that is post-earthquake Haiti, things change once again. Jude, […]
Eleven Days in Haiti: Part 6 – “Please Sir, I Need Soap!”
This is part 6 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 4- “PLEASE SIR, I NEED SOAP!” Each day in Haiti is a little different that the last. This morning, we got one translator and one driver back even though […]
Eleven Days in Haiti: Part 5 – Fewer Patients, More Serious Illness
This is part 5 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed a prior post! DAY 3—FEWER PATIENTS, MORE SERIOUS ILLNESS Exhilaration describes the mood throughout much of the medical team as we headed back from the mountain village of Topya. We had held back […]
Eleven Days in Haiti: Part 4 – Permanent Disaster?
his is part 4 of the “Eleven Days in Haiti” series that started here: https://fbcbridgeport.org/eleven-days-haiti-part-1-series-intro. Be sure to get caught up if you missed the prior post! DAY 2-PERMANENT DISASTER? I had an interesting conversation with Dan last night at bedtime. I thought about Day 1’s work and wondered, based on that, if we would be […]