Well, our first day in Port au Prince saw the team splitting up. Jeff stayed at the clinic here at Kay Kapab, Lexy spent the day preparing for the outreach clinics at Jachmel and Casse tomorrow and I went with a group to the orphanage at food for the poor. What a profound experience - 80+ kids, a significant amount profoundly impaired all on cots and various wheelchairs in the courtyard of the home. We had a reference book we went through last night but it didn't really matter - it was more a case of triage the most disasterous situations. The positioning is atrocious, there are at least 20 kids in need of seating and mobility devices and we have very limited supplies (though plenty of duct tape thank you thank you Maggie!) I guess you just do what you can and make a difference in the small ways you can but it seemed like the day flew by and we hardly had time to breathe. We finish the night by packaging meds and equipment for the clinics tomorrow and then head out to see some Haitian jazz at a local nightclub.
