A glimpse of the surgery team at work
Last night the final member of our team, Dr. Pellar, arrived. By this morning, he was in the OR, with Tina Harris CRNA and Dawn Cook, RN, helping take care of a patient with an intraabdominal infection.
Last night, Dr’s. Berkowitz, Chowdhury, and Gore, were in the OR obtaining IV access on a 1 month old who was dehydrated and unstable. Their efforts paid off as the baby is doing much better today.
Today I saw a patient who will be going to the OR, for a muscle flap, to cover a sacral pressure wound. She sustained her injury from being trapped under rubble from the earthquake for several days.
The best part of the day however, was when a patient I skin grafted on my first day here, thanked me for what we were doing to help her and her country. She had lost both her parents in the eartquake but still managed to remain hopeful about the future. Her spirit has been inspirational for all of us.
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Dave:
Great stuff. Very inspiring. You are the talk of the CSC. Everyone is proud of you. Doogie said the only one she was concerned about their well being was you! I assured her Tina would take good care of you. It is a great thing you are doing. Keep up the good work. Sounds incredible.
Bruce
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:07 am
So Dave, How is it ‘going’ ? We heard about the canoe trip
Now if I were your Jewish mother, I would be asking: “How’s the food?” “What did you have for lunch?” “I hear there is a beautiful synagogue in Port-a-Prince.”
(you can respond by private email if you want……)
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:28 am
David,
Congrats on all you are doing. A friend of mine is arriving there Thursday March 4. He’ll look for you. His Name is Stephen Kutner from Jewish Healthcare International (JHI) in Atlanta.
I’ll be arriving there in Haiti at the Univ of Miami site on March 13th. Maybe we can touch base when you get back here to the states. We’ll overlap in Munster for a week.
Stay healthy and Good Luck
Jack
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Hi Everyone,
Congrats to all of you for what you are doing! The people are so lucky to have such talented doctors & nurses helping them in this time of need.
Miss you guys!
Stay healthy and safe travels.
Meredith Bickell
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Miss you all! Things look like they are going well. I guess I didn’t have to worry about you after all robinson! Tina, thanks for taking care of him! haha See you all soon!
~Kristin
March 4th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Morning guys and girls, you all are doing a wonderful service to all the needy people over there. Can’t wait till you return to hear all the stories. Keep up the good work.