Monday, June 27, 2011

What a World. What a World.

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Today two patients died in the Cholera Treatment Center where John is working. With the number of patients they have had coming to the cente...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Why Cholera Is Only A Disease of Poor Countries

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Since John has been in Haiti working at a Cholera Treatment Center, a few people have asked me how he makes sure he doesn't get the dise...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

How Cholera Kills

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If you're from the developed world and you hear the word diarrhea, you probably think of a runny, brown substance, like liquid stool. Th...
Monday, June 20, 2011

The Doctor is In

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Sometimes it's easy for me to take for granted what my husband John does for all of his patients. Take Excellent, for example. He is a H...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Behind the Scenes of the Today Show segment on Haitian Hearts

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Widnerlande and Haitian Hearts were profiled on the Today Show on February 22, 2011. Here is a link to the segment. I thought it would be f...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

This Is Perseverance

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The virtue of the month at my son's school was perseverence. The accompanying handout had these words: "Remember the story of the l...
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...