Subject: Re: Haiti update from Team Edward: please forward to those who you think would like to read. thanks
Well, this is the second time I have been near a computer so I am taking a chance to send an update. Yesterday afternoon we went on a tour of the city, and oh my is all I can say. There are signs hanging everywhere saying please help,
homeless people. There are tent cities everywhere, some are actual tents and others are just fabricated shelters with cardboard and debris. It is all so sad. When we went past the hospital, it seemed completely destroyed but our driver told us it was the open hospital. Then we went past the destroyed hospital and it was nothing left. The driver told us that there are still many people in there and he hopes they get out soon.
After the tour we went to the UN for a hot meal and bathrooms with running water. By then I realized my cell phone had stopped working, I don't know if a tower is down but it used to read "digicel" and now it reads "claro" . So I was unable to send a text saying we had arrived safe and sound. The superbowl was broadcast here last night, but I just went to bed to try to actually sleep. I did get better sleep, but not great. Still better than the Haitians sleeping on the ground. So I have flipped back to days, so I was there when they brought in the man pulled from the rubble today, he was admitted to the ICU where I was working. So many stories of horrors and miracles. These people have strength and resiliency and faith, when there has been a death the whole ward will sing. And there are babies being born! I have seen more things in this past week than I have seen in all my career,
Thank you to everyone for their support and encouragement. It can be difficult with all the things I must see down here. We were told to keep our sense of humor, a directive I have taken quite literally, so there has been some fun too. I found a row of street vendors and made Johnson our driver stop so we could shop. And I have handed out everything I brought to hand out, and before we go will part with my
sleeping bag and other things I can do without at home.
Well, I have exceeded my time, so I must go. thanks again, will be home Friday.
RA
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