Ayitians genyen gwo force.

    We had another wonderful day at the Heartline Ministries field hospital. The post-op patients are doing fantastic, and all of the medical staff has been marveling at the spirit of the Haitians. All of the women who have gone under serious abdominal surgeries were up and walking, bathing themselves day two post-op. They are all scheduled for 48 hours of around the clock IV antibiotics, and around the clock Toradol (pain medication). They also have as needed orders for anti-nausea meds and pain meds if needed. So far, none of them have been complaining of much pain.

 In the US, these patients would be begging for more pain medication, and complianing of the inability to care for themselves. Here, you get over the inconveniences of life fast. I think everyone could learn from their attitude.

 On Monday, a baby was born through Heartline's women's ministry, and was an almost near disaster. The staff all thought the baby wasn't due until December, and was prepared to resuscitate the infant if needed. Luckily, the baby is a preemie, but not as premature as they thought. He weighed 4lbs 1 oz when born, and today weighed in at 4lbs 5 oz. The mother of this little guy is very young, and needs lots of guidance with the baby. You can see it in here eyes that she loves the baby, but she just needs some positive reinforcement and encouragement with the baby. She's needed quite a bit of help with breast-feeding and I've really enjoyed spending time with her and her tiny baby. You can read more about the story here. Small baby, Big Challenges.

For dinner this evening we ate Akra which is one of my favorite Haitians foods. It's not the same as the Okra we have in the south. It's actually a root! They batter and fry it up just the same though! I can't get enough of the food here. It's really yummy! 

I'm off to take a cold, actually very cold, cold shower and then bed time! Bon Nwi!