The last couple of days were hectic as we scrambled to secure placement of our last inpatients, while still dealing wth the busy clinic and some last minute surgeries. We were able to get our inpatient census to zero this morning. It was a bittersweet moment as we had grown fond of these people. Though we were [...]
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Balancing Our Mission
March 26, 2010 – 11:01 am
We continue to plug away. Balancing our mission of winding down the surgical practice, yet taking care of the present Orthopaedic needs which still need expertise which can be uniquely handled at Double Harvest. We had another 12 hour OR day today, which I know pales in comparison to what the earlier groups had to [...]
Grand Rapids Was Here
March 22, 2010 – 9:58 am
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
March 19, 2010 – 10:50 am
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 [...]
Seven Simple Words
March 17, 2010 – 11:17 am
Hello,
We continue to be very busy at Double Harvest. We were surprised by a group from Ohio showing up rather unexpectedly today. They are going into Port-au-Prince tomorrow and plan on leaving Thursday.
Overall cases keep coming in. There are a few new fractures and many interesting cases as well as a lot of follow ups. We are seeing several cases of infections as [...]
Getting Reorganzied
March 15, 2010 – 12:28 pm
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 [...]
Returning home from an impactful experience
March 3, 2010 – 9:23 pm
Team 6B is home.
Started the day by waking up to a failed generator. “Pancake Steve” flipped breakfast for all. We made rounds with Diane Cable. Had to take Jolanda (AKA) back after her wound opened up, it’s probably colonized (infected). We used our first real VAC. Valeri is still under weather so adminstration canceled the [...]
Helping a well-oiled machine – Dr. Malvitz
March 1, 2010 – 11:58 pm
Kōman ou ye!!!
(How are you?)
Today was another amazing day. An aftershock was felt today for about 5 seconds and every Haitian screamed and ran out of the clinic. We were able to transfer our spine patient via a German helicopter to Milot. (She has an unstable T11/12 fracture dislocation injured in the earthquake who walked [...]
The new team hits the ground running.
February 23, 2010 – 8:00 am
We hope that team 5a made it home safe and sound. After a beautiful sunrise, we ate a wonderful meal prepared by Chef Richard. One of egg and sausage omelettes, french toast, mac and cheese – mixed with potato and hash – and fried cakes. You just don’t waste anything here in Haiti. Richard, after [...]
Thanks for support in Haiti and back home – Dr. Matelic
February 22, 2010 – 11:35 am
Home tomorrow.
We went to Port-au-Prince today and visited the university hospital. It is the only standing med center in the city. We saw all the destruction first hand and drove through the busiest, noisiest, and dirtiest city I have ever seen. We actually wore face masks to protect us from the smoke, stench of garbage [...]
