Wednesday, April 27, 2011
One of those days...
So even in Haiti you have "those days" and today was one of them! The Haitian staff didn't seem to want to work today, and we had less international staff than usual. Needless to say sometimes a language barrier is a good thing so hopefully they couldn't understand all the mumbling under my breath. To their credit though, I think they just found out that May 28th the CTC will close so in about a month they will all be without jobs. But it did make for a LONG day. I was feeling down until just before we left a little girl probably about 5 or 6 came in unresponsive. I quickly stuck a line in her and opened up the fluids. After about 500 cc I finally could feel a radial pulse. She slowly opened her eyes to see this white girl hovering over her which would normally freak the kids out but she just smiled this sweet angelic smile...and then I remembered why I do this and that it is SO worth it! (As you can see in the picture...she is doing much better now and definitely hasn't lost that smile!!) Also met the cutest Haitian boy who has Down Syndrome. His name was Daveson and he became my little buddy. I played balloon volleyball with him and had him listen to his own heartbeat. His little giggles would just melt your heart! Makes all the rough stuff worth it! Finishing out my last 2 days here then off to home Saturday!
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