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We had a good day in the PT tent: ) We decorated the tent for Junior’s birthday with balloons that read “Approved,” “Happy Anniversary,” and “Now Leasing!” and a giant paper chain (I thought we’d get more bids on the property: ( ) He was very appreciative and wore the yellow, paper crown with pride. Most of the patients were understanding about their therapy being put on hold for a short period…except for Rene Charles, who asked me if we could just come to his house later. I now have about 20 pictures of Malachie in various karate poses…and the inside of his mouth, his feet, random half-body shots (that is what happens when my camera gets away from me.) As I see it, they are all beautiful pictures! And they are all beautiful people! More to come : )

Good news… A new generator is up and running so we have consistent power which means A/C again, for a few hours each day! Today the PTs went through EVERY existing chart and put them in a database/spreadsheet and also determined which patients needed to be discharged, which ones needed to be hunted down, and which ones are awesome enough to be coming regularly all on their own — a good excuse to spend about 7 hours in the A/C. Next week we begin the hunting-down process.

Mat and Lorin are off to a great start! Danny and Susan had a great time, worked hard and identified further needs of several patients in the camp. She even is working on getting a malnutritioned orphan a home. Apparently, this 4 year old orphan–mom died and dad left him–is being cared for by numerous people at the camp but due to not enough food at the camp, he is not getting enough to eat. Dr Scottie and Susan are worried about him and are working on solving the situation. Danny worked at Camp Hope and the warehouse and was best “buds” with Dugan! Again thank you Susan and Danny!

Susan, PT, reports that she and Retha, HOLIA’s Haitian PT aide, treated 25 patients yesterday with their tables side by side. Susan did a lot of teaching of Retha yesterday. The place really cleared out once the Brazil vs Chile (World Cup 2nd round) futbol game started! Danny, Susan’s son, is working at the warehouse today and then going to a real grocery store with LAC to pick out some food that he will eat. Dr. Scottie has been making them both comfortable and settled.