Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Haiti, Heal Thyself

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The baby boy pictured above is 16 days old. His name is Kenley. His aunt carried him into clinic two mornings ago and his seventeen year old...

Haitian Dwindles

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Many children get the "dwindles" in Haiti. They lose weight, have fevers, quit eating the little they were eating, and can’t learn...
Saturday, September 30, 2006

Rheumatic Fever in Haiti

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Acute rheumatic fever is a febrile illness which can cause arthritis, heart problems, skin rash, and a movement disorder called chorea. Rheu...

Haiti's Parasites

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Haitian women ask for worm medicine all of the time because their children frequently have worms. Jean, the baby in this picture, had vomite...
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No Good Choices

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This baby boy was from a small village near the Dominican Republic. His parents couldn't take care of him for financial reasons. They pu...

Moses

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On Friday, several days ago, this sweet looking grandma-appearing-woman brought this 5 year old boy to the clinic. His name is Moses (Moise)...

Does This Girl Look Sick?

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As stated in a previous post, tuberculosis can be a very sneaky disease. This young Haitian girl does not appear to be sick especially if yo...

Sickle Cell Anemia in Haiti

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Sickle cell anemia is a big problem anywhere there are people of black descent. In the United States 1/400 African Americans have sickle cel...
Thursday, September 28, 2006

A Child's Hope

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This child, in one of Haiti's orphanages, is looking up. He wants someone to hold him and form him and give him a viable future. In The ...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Pediatric Pneumonia in Haiti

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I admitted three little girls from the clinic this morning to the hospital with pneumonia. The little girl pictured in this post appears to ...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Cabaret Baby

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While doing check-ups on babies in an orphanage, the diretor of the orphanage told me this baby was abandoned on a garbage dump near Cabaret...

Medical Search Engines

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I feel real guilty when I sit at the computer and go to my favorite medical search engine. Working in Haiti plays with my mind all of the ti...
Friday, September 22, 2006

Eugene

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Several mornings ago in clinic, a little girl about four and one half feet tall appeared in front of my desk holding a baby on her hip. I gl...
Friday, September 15, 2006

Pain in Haiti

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Several years ago, while working in a good sized mission hospital in the province in Haiti, I realized how poorly patients were treated that...

Pediatric Cancer in Haiti

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Pediatric Cancer in Haiti Yesterday I rechecked the 5 year old boy whose picture is on this post. His name is Joseph. I saw Joseph for the f...
Thursday, September 14, 2006

Failed State Equals Failed Babies

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Haiti is not supposed to be called a “failed state”. So I won’t call Haiti a failed state. I don’t like the description either. But Haiti...
Monday, September 11, 2006

Two Angels

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Yanick seems like an angel. She just appears. Walking out of clinic today into the sun, I was thinking about giving my Coke bottle back to t...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Tuberculosis is a Sneaky Disease

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Tuberculosis is a Sneaky Disease One-third of the world’s population (2 billion people) is infected with tuberculosis. That is not to say th...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

Civil War Hard On Kids

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This is Louis-Jacques. He is 20 months old and weighs 15 pounds. His mother brought him to clinic yesterday morning for fever, chronic coug...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

"All He Had Was A Fever"

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“All he had was a fever. He didn’t have diarrhea or vomiting. It started on Friday night at midnight. I took him to the hospital which was r...