Dell, a Canadian student volunteer, was working with one of the babies who had a stroke previously when our occupational therapists arrived. Melanie was very encouraged by this and excited to see that the work will continue to progress when they leave as Dell had jumped right in with his previous training by the therapists. The physio clinic was slower today with only 8 patients. The occupational therapists, Suzie and Melisa, were able to do some great work with a 2 year old. They were able to get him into a donated umbrella stroller and he was also able to hold a sippy cup with both hands. Our teenage with an amputation and nerve damage on her left hand was able to walk a good distance today. She really likes Justin Bieber, and Melisa brought her a music video on her laptop for her to watch. She loved it!
The medical clinic closed with Stacie, our Nurse Practitioner, leaving for home. The work continues on a smaller scale with Jon Louis’, a Haitian physician, continuing to see patients. The Canadian student volunteers remain quite helpful to him as he has a very large patient load. With the clinic closing, Kristi continued to follow up on some patient. She also was able to go with Lisa, Vickie, Jamin, and Lorne to help build John’s “stick” house (wood construction). John, a Healing Hands for Haiti employee was quite grateful for the help and looks forward to being able to move out of his tent. The rainy season is quite a challenge for those living in tents. It was great to see Haitians learning a new trade while helping each other out.
Thursday was also another follow-up for Justin’s lacerated and infected foot. The group traveled to his neighborhood to ensure he had taken a tap-tap to Hospital Generale for evaluation. He was not home and his wife stated he had gone to work. Frustrated, the group decided to wait for him to ensure he will go and get the surgical debridement, evaluation, and IV antibioltics t he needs at this time. While they were waiting, they played basketball and futbol (soccer) on the community playground. The 10 year old boys really gave the group a run for their money on the futbol field. Wow! To play futbol on a gravel field with no shoes was amazing! They were amazing! They were able to follow up with Justin and found that he had actually gone to the hospital before work and could not wait any longer before he went to work. It was discovered that he had been judiciously taking his Advil, but not his Keflex . . . hmmmm . . . the challenges of language barriers.
The medical clinic closed with Stacie, our Nurse Practitioner, leaving for home. The work continues on a smaller scale with Jon Louis’, a Haitian physician, continuing to see patients. The Canadian student volunteers remain quite helpful to him as he has a very large patient load. With the clinic closing, Kristi continued to follow up on some patient. She also was able to go with Lisa, Vickie, Jamin, and Lorne to help build John’s “stick” house (wood construction). John, a Healing Hands for Haiti employee was quite grateful for the help and looks forward to being able to move out of his tent. The rainy season is quite a challenge for those living in tents. It was great to see Haitians learning a new trade while helping each other out.
Thursday was also another follow-up for Justin’s lacerated and infected foot. The group traveled to his neighborhood to ensure he had taken a tap-tap to Hospital Generale for evaluation. He was not home and his wife stated he had gone to work. Frustrated, the group decided to wait for him to ensure he will go and get the surgical debridement, evaluation, and IV antibioltics t he needs at this time. While they were waiting, they played basketball and futbol (soccer) on the community playground. The 10 year old boys really gave the group a run for their money on the futbol field. Wow! To play futbol on a gravel field with no shoes was amazing! They were amazing! They were able to follow up with Justin and found that he had actually gone to the hospital before work and could not wait any longer before he went to work. It was discovered that he had been judiciously taking his Advil, but not his Keflex . . . hmmmm . . . the challenges of language barriers.
No comments:
Post a Comment