monday evening

Bonsoir!

MN healing hands team divided and conquered again today. Jill, Sue, Dr Matt and Barb went to an orphanage named Food for the Poor. The team had visited this large orphanage (approx 100 children) for wheelchair fitting and initial assessments last year. The team has been working on creating a more systematic approach to medical record keeping for communication between different teams. The team was initially disappointed to find that much of previously donated equipment was not in use. Although disappointing, the MN team was happy to see familiar staff and organization in caring for the children. The MN team was able to make ongoing recommendations for many of the severely disabled children. We made some modifications to several wheelchairs allowing for more comfortable seating and positioning in several children with cerebral palsy. Ongoing recommendations are going to be passed on to the next healing hands team in attempts to best allocate resources.

In the clinic, Mark worked with Nathalie, Al, and Rick for some initial prosthetic fittings prior to their departure to the Dominican Republic for a national conference in O & P.

The rest of the team is looking forward to a fun last night in Haiti, hoping of safe on smooth travels on the 27th.