A baby with a facial fracture...

Yesterday afternoon we opened the clinic here on the Seminary grounds. There are about 500 displaced people living here on the grounds and it was announced in church that we would open the clinic at 1:30. By 1pm the line was starting. There were 4 of us seeing patients and by 6:30 last night we had seen over 200 patients.

I will never forget two of the babies that I saw in clinic last night.

One is a 10 month old that I believe has a facial fracture. His mother laid over him to protect him and she was killed when their house came down. Later in the day he was pulled out of her arms, out of the rubble. There was a large concrete slab on his head and the outward injuries have healed and all he has now are scars. But his right eyelid is drooping and there is swelling, he is not feeding well and there is obvious obstruction in sinuses and upper airways. I fear he has a facial fracture and a nerve entrapment. I have a number to get back in touch with them and hope to figure something figured out today to get him helped. But I had to send them away last night with no immediate help.

The second baby is a 2 month old baby girl that was wheezing. She was working to breathe and needed medication. We did not have the medication she needed. It broke my heart to let her leave the clinic. The are sleeping outside and it is very, very dusty here and the air quality is very poor. I am so worried about her. I am crying out to God today that she will return today and we will be able to help her.

The other 45 patients I saw were all precious and many with stories of loss and fear that stop you in your tracks. This is a desperate situation.

There is no ER that they can go to. There is no safety net that will take care of these babies. They have to pay first to go to the hospital and these families have no money. This is so hard.

I have a new prayer that I have prayed several times in Haiti and God seems to be ready to supply. Jesus, I need some help here, please......

He has not let me down yet.

My prayer is that God will move in the lives of these babies and make a way for them.

This is so hard to see, and not change with an easy fix.

This is a big situation, with a long term need.

What will we do?