We landed in Miami tonight with all of our supplies tonight. It was tough. We have about 80 boxes and bags to take along with us. We are READY to operate.We are scheduled to be airlifted by the Coast Guard at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Unfortunately, we may not be going to the hospital we had initially planned to go to in Pignon. We may be headed to St. Damien's Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
In the photo are some members of our team: Dr. Timothy Johnson, orthpaedic surgeon (National Sports Medicine Institute), Dr. Mark Seymour, anesthesiologist (Frederick Memorial Hospital, First Colonies Anesthesia Associates), Brigitte Smith and Susan Cook (Myrtle Beach, SC), Tony Chotikul and Cheryl Clayborne (St. Joseph Medical Center).
Not pictured are Greg Bennett, PT (Excel Rehabilitation), Joshua Lamb, MD (Chief Orthopaedics Resident-Inova Fairfax) and Frank Duggan, MD (Emergency Medicine - Inova Fairfax). And I, of course, am taking the picture.
GOODNIGHT
I wish you all good luck in arriving swiftley and safely in Port-au-Prince. My thoughts and prayers are with you all and for the healing of the people of Haiti.
ReplyDeleteThinking about all of you alot! My prayers are with you.Kathy Crews
ReplyDeleteYou're doing a great thing. Keep the updates coming. Monique Klapka
ReplyDeleteMay God grant you traveling mercies, and safety during your journey.
ReplyDeleteBe safe...you are all compassionate and selfless people.
ReplyDeleteAbbe XRAY ST. JOS
Lord, I just want to say THANK YOU, because this morning I woke up and knew where my children were. Because this morning my home was still standing, because this morning I am not crying because my husband, my child, my brother or sister needs to be buried out from underneath a pile of concrete, because this morning I was able to drink a glass of water, because this morning I was able to turn on the light, because this morning I was able to take a shower, because this morning I was not planning a funeral, but most of all I thank you this morning because I still have life and a voice to cry out for the people of Haiti. Lord. I cry out to you, the one that makes the impossible, possible, the one that turns darkness in to light, I cry out that you give those mothers strength, that you give them peace that surpasses all understanding, that you may open the streets so that help can come, that you may provide doctors, nurses, food, water, and all that they need in a blink of an eye. For all those that have lost family members, give them peace, give them hope, give them courage to continue to go on! Protect the children and shield them with your power. I pray all this in the name of Jesus!!!
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