The beginning of this week was a mental strain. I was on my own. It's just more strain on the brain... Keith was there off and on and I could always ask the other girls if I didn't understand something. But then I would have to go get them out of their exam room to come into my room to find out what was the matter with my patient then they would have to try to explain it to me in Creole. Tet fe mal! ( headache) There were a lot of patients those days too. Monday and Tuesday I was at the clinic until 5pm. Trevor and Mirlene went down last Saturday for her grandma's funeral. They stayed Sunday too then decided they would stay Monday also to work on her paperwork. They have this guy hired to do her paperwork and he is dishonest etc... He didn't get anything done on Monday so they stayed Tuesday also. On Tuesday Keith was on the phone with this guy for two hours, trying to figure out what the deal is, why nothing is getting done. Finally, Keith told the guy that the next day Trevor and Mirlene would be with him all day, Trevor would drive him around and be his transportation so they could get something done. So they stayed down Wednesday also. Drove this man around to different places and found out he hadn't even started on anything, but he did get started that day... By the way, Keith's got a paper for Ketli allowing her to travel to Ontario so they have tickets bought to fly there on the 17th. It doesn't look like Mirlene's papers will get through in time for them to go.
Keith's really need a new vehicle so they had one shipped here. Today Keith, Zach, and Cam went to St Marc to try and get things there thru customs or whatever all needed to be done. The truck was packed full of stuff also. Some things for the clinic and then a few bigger things that aren't easy to bring by airplane. This process can take weeks. They didn't get the machine itself but got everything unloaded from inside it into a truck today. We thought everything was going good and we were getting somewhere until... Someone from customs stopped the truck. Now who knows what will happen. If the officials get upset over something they can seize the whole load and we will never see it again. Keith was trying to get this figured out before they leave on Wednesday because they will probably be gone about a month and then this stuff would all have to set somewhere, which could mean it may be damaged or stolen or who knows what.
I had a lady come in to the clinic today complaining of a headache. It was the first time she had been to this clinic. Her blood pressure wouldn't register on the machine so I took it manually, twice. Her blood pressure was 280/160!! And she walked in... But no hospital and IV medicines for her. I gave her pills and she walked back out. I have seen one blood pressure higher than that. It was a patient who came in several weeks ago. The machine couldn't register hers either. The manual cuff I have goes up to 300. I could hear the thumping the whole time. I had Githane come and double check her b/p. The closest we could guess was that her pressure was 300/200. Neither of us had ever seen a blood pressure that high.
April's family comes in tomorrow. Her parents, siblings, and grandparents are coming.
OK..I just sent a comment,guess it didn't go through..I am glad you're keepin on keepin on! Kirstyn says as soon as she can she's puttin her name in to go to the orphanage in Haiti..=/ (!) I think she forgets she's MY little girl!! Wonder if someone like Ang T has sparked that interest in her..keep goin girl!
ReplyDeleteAhh, those alone days are so much harder! Hope you got more Creole words out of it at least, haha. I didn't know the Keith's car was in such bad shape. Really praying that ends smoothly. And what God is doing in Haiti is so neat--walking out with a 280/160? Praise Him!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy yours guests, Ang!