Just a few pictures from the Grand Opening ceremony at the new clinic building!
1. Donovan Hostetler, Pastor Levy, the Justice of the Peace from Ti Goave and his bodyguard...
2. Our local Pastor Gerard, and his wife
3. Our doctor, Dr. Benische
4. The local Police Chief, Marcel

The big day!

Well, the big day finaly arrived--opening day!

I'm not going to say a lot, but I'll let the pictures speak.  Our first day went very well!  

Direk making dossiers

Adolph at his job--looking up dossier's for returning patients

Fre Noes--keeping people in order

Mis Rhoda taking blood pressures

Mis Leda at work in her new room

Mis Joselaine happily at work

Mis Breanna treating returning blood pressure patients

Here I am working in my new corner

This lady was having pre-eclamptic signs so we sent her out to town.  She came back today with her tiny baby--4lbs.

Breanna doing a bandage job

Zita in the pharmacy

The happy pharmacy crew at work!

Our hospital room ready to go.  We actually had one person in it today, but I missed getting a pic of that.    

A big thanks again for everyone who prayed and donated time and money for this project.  It is greatly appreciated by us as staff at the clinic and the community here.  I wish you could see the smiles and here the comments of gratitude.

May God bless you richly!

Lasts and Firsts

A baby that needed oxygen--one of our last patients at the "old" clinic

The baby was 2 months and 6 lbs

Daddy and Baby

Here is our first patient in the "new" clinic.

He came along today when we were moving last things in, and Breanna and Rhoda took care of him at the new clinic since there wasn't much left at the old.  

I'll try to post pictures of the "new" clinic in operation on Monday--the big day!

Moving and setting up

First of all here is the little burn girl that we've been treating for well over a week now.  She is looking so much better!  

Virginia and Breanna working in the depot (storage room) at the new clinic

Here is the emergency room/consultation room getting set up.

Shana getting ready to mix paint to a color of satisfaction for the front of the clinic

The remodeled clinic was like a bee hive today with organizing and arranging going on in some rooms while painting and cleaning went on in others.  The guys were busy out front cutting and welding tables and shelves.  Things are really starting to come together!

MOVING!!! well, sometime...

     It's Christmas time and we are having vacation... We even took time to eat chocolate,drink tea, and sing Christmas songs together on Christmas Eve. We all hope you have had a joyous holiday as well.

     So, yeah, vacation, well, from long lines of waiting patients, anyways. We have dropped down to three or five patients a day. Most of these are bandage patients that need to be cleaned and freshly taped up so infection doesn't set in. We are keeping most of our things in the clinic until the new facility is prepared.

     What have you seen on our blog since the most important part of clinic life is gone? Probably not much. Without our patients to blog about, we have resorted to talking about the buildings. Do you want to see inside our NEW building?

     At this point, we have decorated the building with paint cans, sanders, rags, buckets, and such. We are still painting shelves and walls. Sometimes we spend hours removing paint, too. Like when the people who paint put the paint on the floor, then it needs to come off. We will not disclose any names of the culprits. We will only show you their pictures on the following blogs.( Please do not hire them yourself, we would be glad for their continued help here- and, well, really, they didn't slop too much. )

     At times, we see someone welding still more pieces to fit into our clinic" puzzle". I don't always know what they are welding. Probably it is some grate for the door, or maybe some more shelves for the pharmacy. Other times we see Donovan fixing a sink up for our bandage patient corner. Or maybe Alex is washing out a paint roller for us. I have seen some Haitian men chiseling away at plaster. Many other helpers are doing many other undisclosed functions.

    Sometimes Anita, or Michael, or Steve come down to the clinic and discuss the layout of important rooms or the placement of needed objects. One day I believe their plans will turn into visible results.

    So go ahead and look at the pictures, and if you get hungry, stop by the house. This whole time, Shana and Thea have probably been up there at the house making some wonderful food or brownies or something for all the clinic workers to eat.

    And while you are up there, look at the yards and yards of fabric that are being turned into curtains for our clinic room dividers and cabinet covers. Thanks goes to Sharon and Breanna here. We can hardly wait to hang them up.

     Stop by any time, especially if you love dust and dirt! We would love to use your energy! Happy Holidays!

     

Finishing Touches

Right now the clinic is closed for holiday vacation and for us to move to the remodeled facility.  Below are just a few shots of what you see at the new clinic now.  

Pills of equipment and supplies waiting to be placed

Final painting 

New shelves in the pharmacy ready to be filled

Poor Little Girl

This blog post isn't as cheery as the last one.  Here is a little two year-old girl that got burned badly yesterday.  Somehow she got hot corn meal mush all over her.  Her right cheek, forehead, chin, and right arm got most of it.  It has to hurt her pretty badly, but she does well when we clean and bandage it for her.  She'll be coming in frequently for a while.  

Her and her Daddy

A close up of her face