September 2011
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March 2010
16 posts
“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
- Mother Teresa”
March 6, 2010
My day was filled with joy!
It started early with a request for an IV start for the woman who has been in labor since yesterday as she now needed Pitocin. All day yesterday my patients all had microdrip IV sets. Now when I needed one, do you think I could find it. After much searching, I finally located one. They must hide them to use for our surgery patients (who often need large volumes of IV...
March 6, 2010
Back again for my last post of the trip. We did another 15 cases today but had to deal with a couple of emergencies last night, so most of the crew is a little burned out tonight. We finished our last 2 cases by taking care of one our interpreters and one of our crew with minor surgeries…..treat your own last. We walked to the next village and saw how most of it was knocked down by the...
“Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not...”
March 5, 2010
The adventure continues…
Audrey, Kathy, Linda Bielefeldt and I have renamed ourselves the “Hyster Sisters”. We did 5 (or 6…I lose count) hysterectomies and 1 tubal ligation on a 36 year old with congestivew heart failure who was told that if she had another baby, she would probably die.
Surgery count for the day: 17
Some thoughts on the day:
patients are so accepting,...
March 5, 2010
This is my first blog of all time, guess I’m technologically under developed. I’ve had a interesting trip with a large variety of cases/pathology ranging from penile cancer to a mesenteric cyst that literally was “as big as my head.” this is an excellent place to work and the crew has been great. Haiti is still devestated and dirt poor, but not a lot different visually in...
Back to the March 4 blog…
My first case was a 36 year old for a hysterectomy who had very large fibroids, although she believed she had been pregnant for 5 years. The case became much more exciting when the lights went out (windowless OR=total darkness!). I lit the surgical field with my laryngoscope handle. After that episode, we very quickly located flashlights, which we used throughout...
March 5, 2010
I am posting this as March 4, but it really is being written March 5th. After spending quite a bit of time writing last night I was asked to restart still another IV on Valerie. When I came back I found I had temporarily lost internet connection and everything I had written was lost in cyberspace….ughh! In the scheme of things, with all I’ve seen in Haiti, a lost 40 minutes of writing...
March 4, 2010
We had a great first day of surgery. Many very large uteri with large fibroids, huge hydrocoels and hernias and all the patients are doing great. They will all go home in the morning. Double Harvest is a great place to work; hope to come back here many more times. Diane Cable is great to work with. We will definetly be coming back. The place is very well supplied with the necessary...
March 4, 2010
Ok, first day accomplished! It started out with much apprehension, and started with an emergency! machetti injury - 1/2 the hand hanging loose!!! His cousin tried to cut off his head! He put his hand up instead! Dr. Steve and Dr. Dave put it all back together, unbelievable! Then on to an abdominal hysters and on to a hernia repair. These people can take alot and expect minimal, they are...
March 4, 2010
About to embark on Friend’s of Haiti’s first surgical trip. A dream come true! Hi to Marti, Kate and Julia and Jack in Spain. Miss you and love you.
Jack Hale
March 4, 2010
Wow! Here we go. The veiws are spectacular, yet the veiws are devastating. Double Harvest is amazing! The anesthesia machines are nothing like I have ever used! I have been nauseated and hungry at the same time! Go figure. Here we go, the first day. I cannot lie, I am nervous yet excited to just get day one done. Here we go! Love you all! xo
Laurie Demro
Good Morning Everyone,
We arrived safely. We were on time with our flights. The facility is more than we expected. Mike Cerkas and Jamie Fisher are doing a great job cooking for us. We’re starting about 8:00 this AM. People are waiting outside the clinic to be seen. Everyone is very excited. We’re in the foothills of the mountains. It’s beautiful. The airport was quite the...
March 4, 2010
Good Morning, well all is well here in Haiti. The facility where we are staying is a palace compared to everything else around here. There are people lined up outside the gates waiting for us this morning infact; people slept out side in the pouring rain. Poor people! Well it eastern time here so it’s about 6:40 and we are all up eating breakfast. We will see how today goes. Wish us...
“You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay...”
March 1, 2010
Tomorrow starts our mission with a car trip to Chicago, then a Wednesday early morning flight to Port au Prince via Miami (once there we will unpack medical supplies and get ready for surgery on Thursday). I am surprised that I am feeling a little more anxious (but it is more of the feeling that I just want to get it started-kind of like when you study hard for a test and you just want to TAKE...
February 2010
3 posts
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to...”
February 22, 2010
I have received many questions about the organization we are volunteering with and where we are going, so I thought I would post both websites to explain.
We are going with Friends of Haiti.
The Friends of Haiti began as part of the Parish Twinning Program in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2000, St. Philip the Apostle Parish of Green Bay, Wisconsin, led by Father Larry Canavera, was paired with St. Anne...
February 20, 2010
We had another meeting to discuss the upcoming trip and pack supplies. I was surprised to find a slight amount of anxiety creeping up on me on the way to the Friends of Haiti office. Once there, the anxiety was quickly replaced by a sense of excitement and anticipation after talking with the others volunteering for the mission. There are people coming from Bellin, St. Mary’s, St. Vincent’s, and...