(This is Brent typing.) It is Friday morning, and she has safely made it to Haiti! Thankfully tropical storm Emily, which was between Miami and Haiti while the
I-Team were flying, wasn't much of an issue for them getting there. They have landed in Port Au Prince and are already taking a peek at their soon-to-be patient, the 11-month-old baby Joseph. They are trying to get a better grasp of what his condition is and how severe it is. The picture below is of Dr. Olitsky, the Opthamologist from Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, and my wife Connie, who will be the anesthesia provider for the surgeries, holding little 14-lb., 11-month-old baby Joseph.
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| Dr. Olitsky, baby Joseph, and Connie |
Although they are in Haiti, they have a ways to go today. Next is a bus ride to a local, domestic airport, where they will fly to Port-de-Paix, and then they will take another bus to the mission in St. Louis du Nord. They will be doing surgeries tomorrow. One young Haitian boy I'm sure is very eager for their arrival: he received one corneal transplant from the I-Team in February of this year. He gets his other eye done tomorrow (also a corneal transplant)!
I am >>>so proud<<< of my wife and the good things she's doing right now.
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| Joseph Pierre, the baby boy in the picture above with Dr. Olitsky and my wife. (This is an older image of him and was not taken today. He was 7 lbs. and 7 months old here.) |
I am in tears. Those pictures are breath-taking. It looks as if you are still at the airport, already checking on little Joseph's condition. You really are doing God's work and he will watch over you, in every way, while you are in the service of His children. Travel safe today friend.
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