Outside of Soleil

 

Outside Soleil

 

Jimi's mom and brother at home in Duvivier.

Outside Soleil

 

Outside Soleil

 

This man has a five year old son who has a heart defect that does not need surgery. They live 10 minutes andeyo from Soleil. The flooding in La Plaine last year hurt his house and garden.

Outside Soleil

 

Dying in Soleil

This baby's name is Julie. She is 18 months old and weighs 14.5 pounds.

Julie's mom carried her to the clinic this morning. The baby was very hot, lethargic, and had fast respirations.

Julie had been sick for five days with fever, cough, and diarrhea. These three problems are ubiquitous in the pediatric population of Soleil.

She sounded full of pneumonia and I gave her an injection of ceftriaxone in the thigh.

I explained to Julie's mom her limited options to try and keep her child alive.

She decided to carry Julie and hurry back home through the hot, horrible streets of Soleil, make sure her other kids had an adult in the house to watch them, grab some sheets for Julie's bed in the hospital, and return to St. Catherine Laboure Hospital in Cite Soleil. She knew they may not have a bed for her precious child and that Julie may be turned away.

There are many babies in Haiti's slum today in the same socioeconomic condition. And as one can see, this condition is critical.

Julie's chance for survival is very small.

The 24/7 horror of Soleil.

Clinic in Soleil

 

Clinic in Soleil

 

Clinic in Soleil

 

Clinic in Soleil

 

Sick Babies in Soleil...Poverty is the Problem

 

Sepsis in Soleil Clinic

 

Clinic in Soleil

 

Clinic in Soleil

 

Clinic in Soleil

 

Clinic in Soleil

 

Another Day in Soleil

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Jenny

 

Dear OSF,

This is Jenny.

She is your patient and was operated at OSF in 1999 for rheumatic heart disease.

She has done well over the past 10 years but needs to return to OSF for repeat heart surgery.

A founder of Haitian Hearts donated $23,000 cash to Paul Kramer at OSF-Children's Hospital of Illinois in 1999 for her surgery. This was money well spent.

Haitian Hearts will donate $10,000 more and my wife Maria and I will provide an additional $10,000 dollars if you will reaccept Jenny for heart surgery now. Please don't turn down $20,000 for repeat heart surgery.

Please give Jenny more time. She is a valuable member of Haitian society. And she is a human being.

Please follow OSF's Mission Statements.

Sincerely,

John

Tyhoid Fever in Soleil

 

Soleil