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 [...]
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 [...]
Ki jan ou rele? (What is your name?)
Our last night in Croix de Bouquets.
Today we fixed our first acute fracture, a 13-year-old who fractured his femur playing soccer. First case we were able to use our brand new large fragment set of screws (which was complete!!) that had been hand delivered by Tony, a friend [...]
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February 26, 2010 – 10:02 pm
Hello from Haiti. We are well and happy to have team 6B here with us. We have had a lot of trouble with communications and the internet service has been down for the last few days. We continue to be busy, averaging 6-7 surgeries per day, with many times more injuries that are seen in [...]
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Posted in Haiti
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February 24, 2010 – 9:17 am
The 36 hours that followed our update has been a constant flurry of activity. As with many things in Haiti there were miracles and disappointments. During the early morning hours on Tuesday, we had two women arrive in labor and multiple patients who were vomiting. The nurses and Dr. Ann Knapp worked tirelessly to help [...]
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Posted in Haiti
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Also tagged community support, critical orthpedic care, Dr. Ann Knapp, Dr. Burgess, Dr. Russo, grand rapids mi, Haiti, haiti medical, haiti relief, Haitians, OAM, OAM staff, Orthopaedic associates grand rapid, Orthopaedic associates of michigan, orthopedic grand rapids, orthopedic surgeon grand rapid, West Michigan support
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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 [...]
By caroliner
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Posted in Haiti
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February 22, 2010 – 11:40 am
Team 5 left today and 6 is on its way. As with all of the teams they did a great job and I was so impressed with all of them. It is a great experience to work with such dedicated and talented people. Our group (5a) is providing the transition and that will be very [...]
By caroliner
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Posted in Haiti
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February 8, 2010 – 9:19 am
Today marks our second morning in Haiti. We said goodbye to our friends from Miami today who provided us such a tremendous welcome and were truly a wonderful team that was able to fill all rolls and were able to support us in transition and getting our feet on the ground our first full day [...]
By courtneysk
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Posted in Haiti
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February 8, 2010 – 9:17 am
Team #4 has been on the ground in Haiti now for just over 24 hours. We had a warm welcome from the Miami team here on the ground. They have helped us make a relatively smooth transition.
We have answered a census at the Double Harvest Clinic of close to 50 patients. We have gotten started [...]
By courtneysk
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February 8, 2010 – 9:15 am
Well the time is over for us here in Haiti. We fly home tomorrow. The week has been filled with ups and downs. Probably more downs than ups. We finished the day with 9 surgeries. Most went very well. Have a few on for tomorrow for the new crew that is arriving.
The day ended on [...]
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