Welcome to Hati

Bonju,
Yo Jen here.
Good Morning from hopital Adventiste d'haiti. Yesterday began our journey to port au prince with an early morning trip to BWI and great help from American Airlines that allowed us our second bag at no charge. From BWI to Miami allowed us to meet up with Dr. De and head on down to Hati where although only 1.5 hours from Miami we gained an hour of time (Hati does not participate in Daylight savings time.) We were welcomed by our hosts, The Lindseys who are helping to run the hospital. We had many helping hands take our bags into our living space, an area upstairs from administration. There were many people to help take the equipment down to the Operating room, as Jenel and Cindy helped Jeannie set up our OR, our awesome anesthesia team got the ORs ready for our big surgery days. While some members of our team were setting up spaces, Dr. H, myself, Jossie and Job helped Dr. Dietrich screen some of the more complicated cases. All were pediatric patients ranging from baby to 17 years old most with severe deformity included untreated clubfoot, posterior medial bow of tibia, residual foot deformity after treated clubfoot and arthrogryposis. Today brings a busy day of 30-40 patients and 5-6 surgeries. We will also be lecturing on all aspects of hospital care from Anesthesia to Post anesthesia care to CPR and Infection Control as well as wound care and Diabetic foot exam. This week promises to be a challenging life changing adventure!
Jennifer

the Hatians adore their children