So I spent last week in Haiti with a group of doctors and surgeons as a member of an earthquake relief team. It was one of the most humbling experiences I've ever had. The destruction I saw was worse than any Hollywood produced natural disaster movie. People were homeless, living in shanty towns and tent cities all across the city.
As a member of the team, I worked with ER docs and family practice docs in local medical clinics. We had a few groups of surgeons operating at mobile hospital units. I spent most of my time in Leogane, a town about 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince. Leogane was actually hit harder than the capital city and I figure about 80% of the town is in rubble. I traveled up the mountain side and down the coast to smaller villages treating the locals at clinics we set up. The team probably saw 1200 patients in the week we were there and I probably saw about 250 of them by myself. The surgeons operated on about 75 people as well in the hospitals.
I learned so much and grew to love the Hatian people. The video posted shows some of my trip through Port-au-Prince. The Hatian people were very shy of the cameras, so I tried to take my video discretely. It's choppy, but you will see the devistation well enough.
On the way to the park, Jimmy spotted a lemonade stand run by some little boys. Jimmy has a rule that whenever he sees little kids selling lemonade he has to stop and buy some. So two glasses of lemonade and two cookies later, we enjoyed some time at the park.
After enjoying our lemonade, we went out to dinner in White Plains. Jimmy took me to this little Thai food place. They had the best soup-coconut curry mmm.
We just got back from a vacation weekend in Washington D.C.! I had never been there, so I was excited to go and see the sites! Here are some highlights from our trip. We took one of those double-decker bus tours. I know its pretty touristy, but it was the best way to get around and see everything! Beware for picture overload.
