Day 3: February 15, 2010

Today Sondra and I took care of Ois and Christopher in the peds ward from 7a-3p. Christine, Christopher's mother, pretty much takes care of him, but Ois can be a challenge. Today he wanted to be held all day long, so Sondra and I took turns pacifying him. He really wanted to stand up, but we couldn't let him do that. I got him to write his name and color a little today and they found him a wheelchair tonight so he could roll around outside. It is so frustrating not knowing what he needs. You almost feel like he is trapped in his own body and it's heartbreaking.

Next door they had clinic, which proved to be an interesting day. They saw around 250 patients! Sondra dressed some wounds of the clinic patients while helping out with Ois and Christopher and did an excellent job. Below is the wound station in the peds ward. In the clinic a patient actually had maggots in his wound!

Today we received more supplies, but poor Robert still does not have any clean clothes as his bags have not arrived yet.

Last night's sleep was broken and not restful. There are some backwards roosters who crow ALL NIGHT LONG! When they take a rest, the dogs start barking. And when the dogs stop the people wake up and start praising God..at 4am. I dread working the night shift tonight because even during the day it's impossible to get sleep. They were clearing rubble outside of our "house" today and Jenny and Lauren, who took the first night shift, were not able to sleep this morning. I tried to take a nap today but no luck. I hope Ois will sleep most of the night. He really needs his rest and when he moans you can hear him back at the "house". Today Lee and Chad arrived safely and without any trouble and now we are finally all together in Haiti.