We’ve got a team of 17 folks arriving in Croix des Bouquets early this morning. Most of them traveled from Kansas City on Saturday, and many of them are clinicians. They spent Sunday in Fort Lauderdale hoping for a medical missions flight to Port Au Prince, but nothing would be available for days. So, they hopped a plane to Santo Domingo at midnight, landed there at 3 am, and took off for Croix on bus. They will be caring for the children brought to Eben Ezer and some will be making the drive down to Les Cayes to do the same there. Please keep them in your prayers!
Dr. Bill Gossman, a surgeon, has been at Croix for a while now. He has performed countless surgeries in Port Au Prince and overseen hundreds of patients. He has one scheduled this morning on a young boy with head trauma. Here’s his experience: ‘It is not unusual to be the only doctor for 300 patients! The doctors here are from all over the world and the French have sent a surgical team that are now doing surgeries. The horror is indescribable. Setting countless fractures, doing amputations and putting back dislocated joints all without anesthesia for the patients. These people are in horrible pain. There are people dying all the time of infections and injuries that are too severe to treat.’ He has seen and cared for some of the worst situations. Courage in the face of calamity. Thank you Dr. Bill!
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