Wednesday, October 26th

Kerry reporting for 'Ladies in Haiti'...
Becky, Johanna and I spent the day again with 'We Advance'. Today was much busier, since the clinic was opened. Lots of excitement at the start of our shift. A GSW (gun shot wound) had just arrived to the clinic. The two doctors tried to fish it out, but now luck. She was transported to 'Medi Share'. This is a Haitian hospital that has a partnership with the University of Haiti. This is also the hospital we are all taking shifts at this week. After the excitement settled down, we split into two groups and began to triage the clinic patients. So many people we saw yesterday, on the streets, came to clinic today!!! Very excited. Once through the mob, we hit the streets again. On our second outing we saw many more patients. Chest pains and loose stools, main complaint. We did have a run in with some punks that wanted money. We quickly left that area. We ended out day at the clinic with lots of excitement. A dude had just come in with a gushing wound on his scalp. He had jumped onto his bed and there was broken glass in it. The dr put two stiches in to control the bleeding and we did a pressure dressing for the transport. We then took him to Medi Share on our way home. We just finished dinner and again, it was awesome. It will be hard to go back to bland food!

Hey Everyone...it's Becky. As we made a few more trips into the community by the clinic today. things started to get a bit more familiar...the trash is starting to stand out more, for me, the poverty is starting to become more evident, and as we enter more homes...the life that these people live is starting to pull at my heart. What is also becoming more evident is the number of people that have come to Haiti to help these people. Searching out the people that are ill to provide them care, taking the time to educate on how they can live a healthier life under circumstances, and looking out for the general well-being is amazing. Volunteers come to haiti to work for a couple of weeks, and I have met so many that have now instead been hear for months. tomorrow is a new day, with many new lessons to learn.