This is probably the final post from Haiti - we received a text from them circa 4:30pm that they crossed the Dominican/Haiti boarder.
Good morning
Hot hot hot
Will I ever see my ankles again?
We are driving thru another part if the city to the next stop. Such
poverty
The air is so dusty. Most of us wear masks in the open air travel
accommodations a.k.a. back of the truck
The water doesn't seem so cold and I still love soap
Another clinic in another church. Each clinic was different today's
was an older group not as many under the age of 12. Quieter, subdued ,
sad eyes, eyes that have seen too much for too long
I think by best guesstimate we will have seen 1000 people
Friday
Last night I fell asleep by 8:30 Helping people is exhausting work!
We are on the bus back to la Romana DR. This morning we held a clinic
about 15 mins from the church. The neighborhood looked much more
affluent than where we had been. The people were a mixed group. So
many people. We saw 167 pts in about 3 hrs. Many were still at the
gate and we had to turn them away. A one month old Tony saw yesterday
came back today because they were turned away at the hospital. Tony
treated the baby again and had someone from the group with a driver
attempt to bring today. The Baby got in today even so Tony doesn't
expect the baby to live......
All creatures great and small
All along the roads and around the buildings and tents are cows goats
hens chicks n roosters a few donkeys and dogs. John - I think of you
with the dogs. They don't look mean or act mean - they pretty much all
look like the same mutt family but they are looking for food some go
on top of the collapsed buildings. I wonder if they know if someone is
under the debris. No cats or birds- wonder why?
I was doing so well getting up and down the trucks until today...
I lost my footing and went down about 3 ft. Ouch. All parts are still
working just sore. Thank goodness no cameras
What an experience thus week has been.
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