Team Renew Day 6

The day started with breakfast and devotion @ 730 am. We then got started seeing patients. Geoff and I hit the ground running, as today was a bit easier since we already knew the patients and their diagnoses. We treated mostly orthopedic injuries. Jenny and JoAnn decided they would give blood as the hospital is in dire need. Some patients don't receive transfusions as needed because of the lack of certain blood type availability. In the afternoon Geoff and I headed to a home health visit, while Jenny and JoAnn saw the last few patients for the day. When we arrived at the preachers home. We found that his wife had had her stroke in May 2009. She has residual deficits of a non-functioning left upper extremity and left foot drop. We were able to recommend a custom AFO, which she will be fitted for at June's clinic, as well as a resting hand splint. Surprisingly, her PROM is within functional limits in her left arm and leg. Her husband has been great with completing PROM daily. After dinner we went and saw Jimmy's house, garden, and bees/hives. We watched him put the bees to sleep with a smoldering wood anaesthesia, and then reach in the hive bare handed and pull out honeycomb. It was delicious. We then hiked all the way up the mountain to lookout point to see out as far as the ocean. What a breathtaking view. Gods beauty shines through in so many ways in a country that has so little. I have never met people more richer in heart than Haitians. Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers. Megan