11:00pm pics/Comments from Ron White

• Here are some pics posted by Ron White on FB...
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  Dr. Leo is "hookin her up" with some much needed medication. Stanley is translating the Portuglish to Creole.

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  Halfway through the first surgury the light (only one worked) went out. So the only non medical guy (me) got to hold the delapidated bed lamp over the patient, which is why i got some really cool surgury pics.
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  Doc Brown is about to remove this cyst from this ladies chest (3.5 inches long by 1.5 inches). I have great pics of the procedure, I won't post them here.

Dr. Chris started and IV on this girl who was "dry as a potato chip". I was ready to cry hoping he could find the vein, he did and we both felt better with a lolly pop.

Dr. Mike working on the kids

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  A very happy patient, he had a growth in his hand removed by Doc Brown.

Dr. Joel is looking a a woman who was hurt in the earthquake and now got hit by a car.

Doc Brown is getting ready for surgery

9:05 Email from Ron White

Here is the email Ron posted on Facebook... Leo is trying to call us, but the connection is not good.... at least I know they are okay!!

We had a great day today. The Internet is very slow tonight so I can't post any pictures. We are going to a different clinic tomorrow although Doc Brown will be going back to do more operations. The tents I posted about this morning are comming down on the plane that is to take us home. The tents will be at the clinic to the doctor who not only knew that his patients needed tents but knew them by name. All thanks to the work of some Pretty special ladies.

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5:48 Tents/Dr. Ferreira

Hello everyone... tents are on the way to meet with the pilot/plane in Atlanta... Dr. White's wife, Karin, is taking the tents from SC to Atlanta - 2 1/2 hours driving... (thanks so much Karin)... the good news is that the tents will make to Haiti on Sunday... and 20 families will be very happy... thanks to all of you guys that donated money (and continue to do) and all the help from the managers from Dick's Sporting Good... thanks so much!

Another good news... Dr. Robert Ferreira (one of Leo's partners) is leaving to Haiti on Monday... he is joining another group of doctors and will be there for 6 days.... AGAIN, Target Pharmacy was AWESOME, and we were able to get medicines for him to take with him for a great price... and AGAIN, with the funds People For Haiti continue to get from all of you, more medicine will get to the Haiti people....

This is why I always say: together we can make a difference!! Help Us, Help Them!

As soon as i get pictures or news from Leo about today, I will post it okay?

How can you help... send to all your contacts People For Haiti blog... they can follow up on this cause as well as donate money (PayPal) if they want to... more people to see, more donations we get, more help we can provide!!!

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11:30 Got the Tents

Done... after a lot of phone calls, emails, and a lot of help from everyone... we were able to get the 20 tents for a HUGE discount with Dicks Sporting... thanks to Joe Harris (and Janet!!) we got a very good price, and we will be able to use the funds we collected to get this tents to the people that really need. Not only Dicks gave us a great price, they also let us pick up the tents in their store in SC - where the plane is!!!

What an accomplishment in such a short time... thanks to everyone, but specially to Janet Fargo, Joe Harris and Joe (handling manger) from Dicks Sporting in Columbia, SC.

Together we can make a difference!!!

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8:04 -email from Leo and the need for TENTS

Email from Leo;

It's 5:00 in the morning. Dozens of roosters just outside our shelter make their morning calls. One of our team members snores rhythmically in the background. I'm just lying here in bed waiting for another day to begin, wondering what today will bring. There is no electricity at the orphanage, as the solar panels are still waiting for the sun to rise - then, suddenly and without warning, the fans will begin to turn and the lights of the battery chargers and wireless router will go on. The day will begin.

We will travel to the teaching hospital in Titaien, where a Doctor Maria awaits us. Dr. Mike spoke to her last night. When he told her of the supplies and equipment that we had and what she thought we we needed to bring, she asked us if we had blankets and mattresses for the hospital. Blankets and mattresses.

I'm not tired (physically), but I'm mentally drained. I can't stop thinking of all the things that I've seen, and the needs of these suffering people. I'm not sure where to begin. Like a patient in a manic state, I have racing thoughts and flight of ideas about what is needed and what we could do to address so many of those needs. There is so much that can be done, and with so little. Basic supplies and necessities are simply not getting to many of the people.

It's been more than 3 weeks since the earthquake hit, and the only evidence of US relief was a meal-pak that was dropped off yesterday, at a nearby field, by a US Air Force Osprey.

Yesterday, we were at the clinic in Cabaret and Dr. Ancio asked if we had tents - he said he had approx. 20 families who were without shelter. I thought that maybe we could use some of the donated funds that we've received and by tents for these people. Perhaps we could send them in with the pilots that will be coming to get us on Sunday. I will try to get a hold of the pilots who brought us down here Brett and John Meares - and ask him if he could bring 20 tents (Coleman tents - small single unit tents).

Here I go... try to find a place where can give us a discount for the tents... any suggestions, anyone??

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