Moving day...

Today started out kind of slow. I was banished to the triage tent where NOTHING was going on! So I did get to work on my tan (aka sunburn) a little. I had the best Haitian staff to work with. The nurses name Sheriline which is funny since my name is Sheri Lynn! We had a nursing student, Magaretta working with us too who was amazing! I told her I wanted to bring her back to the States to work with me. Part way through our shift they decided they wanted to spray the tent 'for malaria' which I assume means for Mosquitos. So we had to move all 25 patients from one building to another...good times. Then as always when I'm in triage the bus pulled up and unloaded! Ok so really it was 8 transfers from a local hospital. We were told they would all just need orally hydrated and then could be released...so not what showed up. Four of the patients already had IV's going and several had NG tubes in place. We immediately admitted 4 of them to the Peds ward. Then a very sick baby showed up with probable pneumonia that we transferred to a local hospital since we are only equipped for cholera treatment. They wanted a nurse to go with the baby but for some reason they wouldn't let me go! Go figure! That's the main highlights of the day...back at it tomorrow!