Author Archives: malieckfelt@oamichigan.com

Haiti kids have great smiles

Saturday and Sunday were both busy days for us.  We have a full census with 3 patients overflowed into the garage.  I’m very proud of everyones efforts, and we do believe that we are making a difference. Some of the problems have been quite difficult to manage, however, with several infected nonunions and a few [...]

Grand Rapids Was Here

3/19/10
As I write this we are en route back home to Grand Rapids courtesy of the Whirlpool Corporate Jet.  That fact alone is no small achievement today as the drive from Double Harvest to the airport was interesting. The rainy season seems to have begun in Haiti and about 100 yards from leaving the gates of [...]

A good first day for Team 8

Team 8 is at Double Harvest, arriving uneventfully. Lots of confusion at the airport, with people shouting and grabbing our luggage. We made it up to Double Harvest in the back of a pickup truck since the minivan couldn’t make it through the mud.
We were greeted by 3 awesome nurses who have been invaluable in [...]

Getting Reorganzied

Hello all,
To sum it up, today has been a learning day.  First of all we weren’t quite sure if we were on daylights savings time or not.  A few of us were ready to go round at 6am….after a quick google search we realized we could have slept another hour! 
We all realize how hard it’s [...]

Return to Haiti Team 7 Arrives Safely

 
We have all arrived safe and sound. Spending the first night in the vocational building with plans to move up to the clinic tomorrow. Did get to make rounds with the Manhattan (Kansas) group, but mostly OB-Gyn and ENT. Three of us will be going to the University Hospital tomorrow to round up patients and to [...]