Today was a very eventful day. We kicked it off by meeting a man with a wheel barrow full of sugar cane who used a machete to cut us each a piece. Then we started our trek to CCH, the new clinic in Jacmel. On our way Michael was offered to buy a real live eagle! Sadly he declined. CCH was amazing! Such a nice facility with air conditioned OR rooms, new equipment, and a huge rehab room. We were all very impressed.
For the second part of our tour, we walked to St. Michel, the hospital here in Jacmel. There are no words to describe how devastating the hospital conditions are. We toured the grounds and saw the ER, OR, maternity, pediatric and internal medicine buildings. It was so sad to see how the patients were living. It was interesting that the family took care of the patients and brought them food, not the nurses or hospital staff. It really made us all appreciate all we have in the US and be thankful for our quality healthcare and caregivers.
We continued our tour on a more relaxed note. We took a "tap tap" to the local family beach. A tap tap is like a taxi service here in Haiti which entails a pick-up truck with a roof on the back and benches to sit on. To get the driver to stop for you, you have to bang on the roof making a "tapping" noise. The beach was beautiful! We spent the afternoon in the sun drinking coconut milk out of a real coconut and searching for sand dollars and sea glass on the beach. It was very well-deserved after a busy couple of days at the clinic.
We are all having such an amazing time and miss everyone back home.
Love,
Kim, Amy, Erin, Stephanie, Dianna, and Micheal
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