Greetings from Haiti!

Greetings from Haiti !

Donna, Joann, Judy, and Elliot left today so Janean and I were on our own. It was not as overwhelming as we feared!! God continues to show us that he is in charge and we are thankful for that!

We spent our day at Haitian Community Hospital seeing both inpatients and outpatients. A lot of the people we saw really just needed encouragement and permission to begin moving / weight-bearing. Janean had great success with a girl who was both injured and emotionally traumatized in the earthquake. The patient is a young teen with a below-knee amputation, an injury on the other leg, and an injured hand. Some therapists from Sweden who saw her in March sent a brace especially labeled with her name with another group from Sweden . A very global connection! The brace helped a lot, and Janean's gentle touch really made a difference with her spirits as well. Janean will be here in Haiti for 2 weeks, so we are hopeful that consistent care and lots of TLC will yield great results.

The patient Donna mentioned last week--the pregnant woman with an amputation--was having contractions today. We are hoping there will be a baby tomorrow for us to hold!

Big news about our clinic. Donna and her team accomplished amazing things last week and we are hoping to complete the task this week. The tarp is now up over the clinic!!! We are looking forward to getting outside where the air moves and seeing patients in the big beautiful space out there. Janean and I are working on a giant banner tonight so outpatients will know where to find us. We are VERY excited!!!

We also made a good contact for potential OP referrals....we met a nurse at church yesterday and she was looking for a place to send people who might need continued therapy. We met some of their team today and they were quite excited to hear there was somewhere to send their patients for follow-up. We even met a PT from Georgia who may come back with our team later this year.

We are excited to see what tomorrow holds and thank all of you for your support and prayers!!

As they say in Haiti , Bondye bon....God is good.

Ky