Sunday, January 30, 2011

Widnerlande is Out of the Hospital!

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I am happy to report that Widnerlande is out of the hospital and dancing with her host family. Her recovery has gone very well and we pray t...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Widnerlande's Successful Surgery!

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At long last, Widnerlande had surgery at Sutter Memorial Medical Center in Sacramento on Monday. I am happy to report that the surgery was v...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Patient Gets Sick

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So at 5:30 this morning, I'm helping Widnerlande get dressed, as today is the big surgery day, and as my hand brushes her stomach, I thi...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

A Reprieve Before Surgery

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Today was the day in between the medical tests of yesterday and the surgery which is tomorrow. I'd like to use this lull before the stor...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Widnerlande Will Have Surgery!

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We found out today that, without a doubt, Widnerlande needs surgery. Part of her heart is as big as an adult size heart, and as John says, p...
Monday, January 17, 2011

California, Here We Are

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After a smooth, four-hour flight from Chicago's Midway Airport, we landed in Sacramento at 11 am yesterday. We were met by the host fami...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Widnerlande is Here!

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On the day of this terrible anniversary, I am happy to report some good news about a Haitian. After a six year odyssey, seven-year-old Widne...
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Friday, December 31, 2010

Annus Horribilis for Haiti

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No one who cares about Haiti can be too sorry to see 2010 end. I wrote an essay that was recently published in a local newspaper and I will ...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Patient 142 Has Been Patient

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We have many challenges in bringing patients from Haiti to the United States for medical care. From the moment John hears a not-so-innocent ...
Monday, December 06, 2010

The Price of Cholera

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Meet Renaldo. I wish we could. He died this morning about an hour after this picture was taken. His mother is terribly sick with cholera and...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

He Should Be Mad: "Haitian Government, Release Those Containers!"

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After watching the weak 60 Minutes report on Haiti this evening, I feel validated in my opinion that Haiti's government doesn't know...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

For Those Who Would Like To Become Haitian: Dual Citizenship

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If you didn't have time to read the lengthy and thought-provoking article by Rene Bruemmer of the Montreal Gazette that I posted last w...
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Cholera Update

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I know that in my last post I said that the next post--this post--would be about the problems of a (non) functioning government in Haiti. Bu...
Monday, November 01, 2010

How Do You Have a Country Without a Functioning Government?

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The title of my post is a questions that has perplexed me for sometime. In my opinion, one of Haiti's main problems is that it doesn...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Mass Production of Mud Cookies. Really.

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Maybe you've heard of mud cookies before. If you have, you probably try not to think about it. We have a couple sitting on top the pian...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Cholera: A Terrible Disease

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"We found Radha lying on a thin blanket in her hut. Her body was twisted into a knot of pain. Her hair was wet, saturated with sweat, a...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Valses to Voodoo

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This past Friday we attended a piano concert at Bradley University's Dingledine Music Center. Pianist Joshua Russell played pieces compo...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Big Problems; Little Solutions

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The illnesses and injuries that John saw in patients on his most recent trip to Haiti were staggering. One woman's foot was literally ro...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Haiti and Murphy's Law

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This past Friday just after 3:30 pm, John received an e-mail from our friend Frandy in Haiti. It was short and in its entirety read: A big w...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

See No Evil

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When we are in Haiti, we take a lot of pictures and use them in our blogs. Some of the pictures are of people who are suffering terribly due...