Leaving Haiti

We're back in the DR and will travel back to Canada tomorrow. As we have been debriefing as a small team, our hearts are filled with all kinds of thoughts and memories.

• people we met and held as they were cared for
• mothers and fathers trying to care for families when everything they had was destroyed
• seeing girls (and men and women and babies...) dealing with the realities of amputation
• Pondering our relative wealth that we so take for granted. Wealth in so many ways
• Asking when we will be back
• realizing the level of exhaustion - physical, mental, spiritual, emotional
• amazement at how quickly friendships can be made in times of crisis

It will take time for each one of us to deal with the realities of what we experienced.

Was it worth it? Absolutely! Being part of a team that performed over 1500 medical interventions from wound care to intense orthopedic operations was amazing. Many of these people would have died or lost limbs without our care.

I am humbled at the reality of it all.

Thank you for your support and interest...







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