It's Tuesday afternoon, and we just got done talking with Connie! She says she is doing well, just hot. She said three people from the I-Team are dehydrated and are hooked up to IV fluids, with their feet up in the air right now. The mission ran out of water, so no more showers. A truck brought in drinking water in those large, 5-gallon Culligan-type bottles this afternoon. She sounded good, too. Sounded happy.
She talked about the challenges of getting IVs started on the Haitians, especially the children. There are many that are dehydrated so their veins are hard to find. She spoke specifically of a 1-yr-old on whom nobody on the team could start an IV. Remember, there is a very experienced pediatric ICU nurse on this team. Still, no luck. They will try to work on him again in February when he is a bit older. Connie said with his condition (whatever that is, she didnt say), the child has to be seen by six months of age or it's too late. So waiting another six months wont affect him much, clinically speaking. Connie said she was getting ready to remove a large tumor from a woman's eyelid. It is the biggest the doctor has ever seen. He said in the States we dont let them get this large, and would have operated on it long ago.
I told her there are many here who think she is courageous and doing a truly wonderful thing. We are all so proud of her. She choked up and said ''Thanks...it feels so right.''
Finally got caught up on her blog reading! Thank you so much for updating us! We are so proud of her! There was actually an article in this Sundays paper (Washington Post) about a village in Haiti with a picture and showed the kids "this is where Aunt Connie is helping people". They have been praying for her daily!
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