A day late and a dollar short

Waiting near the front entrance this morning, dressed in their Sunday best, was this lady and her little girl. She came to see the doctors. Told her that the medical team left yesterday morning but that our staff would see her. The little girl was dehydrated and had a fever. Mom was seen, too, as she was complaining of back pain.

Medical Visit

Doctor Drew, a dermatologist from Greensboro, examines one of our boys while a medical student looks on.

Our medical director, Doctor Cynthia, writing a prescription for one of her young patients.

Dr. Jerry testing a child for diabetes. Jerry is from Anchorage, Alaska. Boy, is he far from home. We are truly blessed to have these 'angels of mercy' helping us out this week.

New Medical Charts

Claudia (NC) and Emily (ME) are working on a new medical chart system for our clinic.

Klinik

New Haitian doctor, Jacob Baptiste, is seen here consulting with Dr. Larry Mutty. Jacob will be working with us and he is very, very welcome.

Doctor Danielle Mutty checking out a sick child from the neighboring area. It was another busy day at the clinic.

Athens Medical Group

Dr. Mike Blood looks on as I speak with Jimmy about his badly healed broken arm. Dr. Blood and his team came for a short visit and ended up working all morning for which we are grateful. If things go well we will be collaborating in the future with his group in bringing badly needed medical care to many sick Haitians.

Klinik Update

Dokte Cynthia, Klodet and Dyeri (Creole-ized) have been happily swamped this past week. Here are some stats:
tested 121 children for TB-- 30% positive
vaccinated 131 children and 69 adults for Tetanus
entertained 389 visits at the open clinic
Most common complaints were hypertension, anemia, pneunomia, backaches, headaches, parasites (skin and G.I.), colds and flu.
Tomorrow is a well-deserved day off at the beach and off they go back to Maine on Friday.

Shots, shots and more shots

Dr. Cynthia, Claudette and some of the kids.

Jerry, Dr. Cynthia and Stanley.

PPDs and Vaccines

Dr Cynthia and Claudette aiming to vaccinate TiDouyon. He was one of the brave ones.

Is there a doc in the house?

Thank goodness Dokte Cynthia and Jerry were here last evening. Nick had a little accident and required their undivided attention. Nick's finger was badly cut and needed a few stitches with no pain killers. Yikes! Musta hurt like heck, eh, Nico? After some caring attention and some teasing from friends Nick was "all bettah"!

A big OUCH !!

This isn't Hollywood. That there is real blood!

Fellow Mainers

Here are the medical folks from Maine: Jerry, Dr Cynthia, John, Claudette, Max and Dan, our V&V Coordinator (that's Visitors and Volunteer). They are standing in the unfinished dining space for our first neighborhood. After touring Castel-Pere, they started to unpack the med supplies and will be seeing kids first thing tomorrow morning.

New Clinic floor

The tile work was finished today. It looks cool and will be a snap to keep clean. Our nurse, Rose Marthe, and her assistant, Miss Joseph, are very excited about moving in to the new space. There are still shelves to build for the meds but most of the work is behind us now. Ain't it grand? You would have had to see the old clinic to really appreciate the new one.

This is a photo of Moise (French-Creole for Moses) who is thirteen months old. His mother abandoned him when he was two months old and a neighbor took him in. The foster-mom came to see us today because Moise has a large lump on his lower chest. He complains a lot, does not sleep and refuses to eat. We'll have an X-ray taken and have our Doctor Cynthia check him out when she comes in early January. Please keep Moise in your prayers. Thanks.