Update on Renia

See previous post on Renia here, here and here I have been putting this post off because it is a hard one to write.  The result from Renia biopsy took almost a month to come back.  We all celebrated with Renia and her mama during that month while she was with

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children’s smiles light up the world

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” -Dr Seuss “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” -Frederick Douglas “Stay a child while you can be a child.” -Stephen Sondheim  

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F-75 and F-100 Therapeutic Milk

We admit a lot of children that are severely malnourished and very sick.  We are currently using Medika Mamba  (watch a CNN video here about the product) and love how it works for our kids.   After reading many books and dealing with a lot of very sick kids we have seen the need

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Staff Spotlight: Nurse Carol

Carol began working at the RHFH Clinic in September of 2005.  Her duties include patient consultations and medication distribution.  Carol attended nursing school in Haiti at the Axillary School of Ms. Miriame,  where she graduated at the top of her class.  She is married and lives in Port-au-Prince, which is

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New admits this past week

NOELCA She is 3 years old and weighs 23 pounds.  She has abcess in her rectum and has kwashiorkor.  She had a rough weekend with lots of pain and drainage but is finally feeling better today.  Noelca has one living sister.  She is currently on the medika mamba program. JOHN

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Hurricane Sandy Update

The eye of the hurricane is well past us.  Haiti managed to not get hit by the center of the storm.  However, the country is experiencing a vast amount of rain and consequential flooding.  Looking at the radar map, it doesn’t seem that the rain will be over anytime soon.   Here in

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