Sunday, October 10, 2010

Ahh...the weekend.

 On Friday afternoons, we have a bowling group.  It is very serious and high level competition :-)  The patients play arms versus legs so some of them can throw the ball and others have to kick it.  The woman in the first picture is David, pronounced Dah-veed. She is 73 and lost her leg above her knee in the earthquake.  She is using a prosthetic but also walks quite well with the walker and 1 leg.  73 is actually quite old in Haiti.  Most Haitians pass away before the age of 70.  They also don't keep very good track of their ages, so we "think" she is 73. 








 The above picture is Delcame You-Youte.  She had a severe femur fracture with multiple injuries.  She has several metal plates and screws in her thigh.  They struggle with this concept of internal fixation and are very afraid of "breaking"  the metal in their bodies so they avoid using the joint.  She's the one I gave the shoes to.

This is a common shop in Haiti.  There are several types of stores along certain roads, called the Market.  Their form of a shopping mall.  


This is a tent city.  There are several companies here putting up tents and also 1 room plywood houses with tin roofs that will be used as permanent housing.  




Don't feel too bad for me though!  We went out for dinner on Friday night at a really posh restaurant with a swimming pool and we met another American here that's work for the Animal Humane society.  He lives here and has a car and can drive like a Haitian.  So we were able to get to the beach on Saturday.  It was so fun!   Lots of SPF!

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