Haiti Team Update #5

Wednesday in Haiti was long and hard. Our medical team continued to run the clinic while performing nine surgeries. The surgeries started around 8:30 am and finished around 9:30 pm. They did hernia repairs, a hysterectomy, a cyst removal, and an abscess removal. Dr. Cotton said he has never sweated as much during surgeries as he did today. Some of our non-medical team even got to watch some of the surgeries.

Our medical team also witnessed a very sad situation as a lady came in with inflammatory breast cancer and probably had less than a month to live. The medicine that we had was not adequate to provide the relief from the pain she was in, so we gave her the best we had. After the team talked with her about her situation, the lady replied by saying that she would be reunited with her family that died during the earthquake.

Our non-medical team returned to Port-au-Prince and continued painting. We also left some clothes and money for the church to use as they minister to their community.

Even though today was long and hard, everyone is in good spirits and excited about what tomorrow will bring. We were all reminded of God’s goodness in the midst of the chaos.