Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Secret of Everything

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Since John has returned from Haiti, he has been repeating a statement that I think is the secret to life, to happiness, to many problems, ...
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Friday, March 02, 2012

The Cite Soleil Photographer

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I know I'm biased, but my husband John is the best doctor I know. He has dedicated his head and his heart to learning medicine; to be a ...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Good Communication

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John has been working in Cite Soleil at the clinic run by the Daughters of Charity. He has also been inteviewing people on their experiences...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Remember and Honor By Serving Redux

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John has been in Pestel, Haiti the last several days. In my last post, I used the word remote to describe Pestel and its environs. Even thou...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Remember and Honor by Serving

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I heard on the radio this morning that Michel Martelly, president of Haiti, has made today, January 12, the second anniversary of the earthq...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thankful

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Above is my rugged husband John, who is spending Thanksgiving in Robillard, a small town in northern Haiti, not far from the country's s...
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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Nowhere To Go

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I've been with my husband, Dr. John Carroll, as he's worked in different settings in Haiti: temporary clinics, hospitals, permanent ...
Monday, September 05, 2011

Labor Day in Haiti

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If jobs and employment are a big deal now in the United States, in Haiti, with an 80 percent unemployment rate, they are always a big deal. ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Views from Delmas 5

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While we were in Port-au-Prince, we stayed at the home of Vanessa Carpenter (AKA Mama V), who lives on Delmas 5. Vanessa runs the or...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The Price of Peace

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The amount of logistics it took to set up the Navy clinic was mindboggling. The Navy had to find a site--actually two sites, one for...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Haitians Not in Haiti

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At least half of the translators who worked with the Navy during the past couple of weeks were junior high and high school students from...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Discharge Planning?

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Today is the last day of the USNS Comfort's presence in Haiti. The ship will now sail home after five months conducting its training...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Soleil Clowns

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Believe it or not, an organization called Clowns Without Borders exists. Two professional clowns live a couple houses down from us, and ...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

One Life

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There is a saying—“One death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is a statistic,”—that is depressingly true from a PR point of view. Once...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Return of the USNS Comfort and the Attack of the Killer Mosquitoes

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I’m happy to report that with the threat of Hurricane Irene gone from these parts, the USNS Comfort is back in the bay of Port-au-Prince...

Different World, Different Risks

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A recent New York Times op-ed listed some of the health risks and threats to children today. They include obesity, due in part to the ma...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Hurricane Irene Misses Haiti

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Despite the original predictions, Hurricane Irene fortunately largely bypassed Hispaniola, the island containing Haiti and the Dominic...

Some Happy Haiti Pictures

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Baby Central Can't you see the whole universe in those eyes? The Pied Piper of Wharf Jeremie

Two Life Changing Events on January 12, 2010

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As for most people in Haiti, January 12, 2010 was a life-changing day for the woman pictured above. She gave birth to her son, whom she is...

Back to Normal

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Please don't miss the irony in the title of this post. As a friend who visited Haiti right before we did told us, Port-au-Prince loo...