So, today Redgi went to take Dejna to the hospital for her surgery. Yesterday he informed me that he had kept trying the doctor with no answer but today we kind of made the executive decision to just go anyway and take her hoping all was still "a go". He went, picked her up, traveled to the hospital (I had called another doctor I knew to see if we could locate the surgeon), and when he got there..... the operating room is still not open- there's a problem with some equipment! Postponed another week (at least). The good news is that Redgi did manage to at least get a list of supplies she will need (medicines, bandages, etc..) and the doctor promised to call when the surgery was scheduled. We will keep checking because I know they are very busy! This is not as life-threatening as Jean Bernard's was, but it is quite painful for her and here she missed another day of school to travel to the hospital, her sister was ready and missed some work and Redgi was on the road about 2.5 hours with no compensation (using gas and wear/tear on the Montero, etc..). "Welcome to Haiti" and life in a third world country!!! I know this is hard for Americans to understand or those who live where things go as scheduled, where broken things are fixed easily and efficiently, and where phone service is reliable (which would have solved a lot of this problem). Please pray not only for Dejna and her family as they wait for this surgery, but others whose surgeries are more pressing and life-threatening. This impacts them all!
THANKS go out to Redgi for taking care of things once again while we are here in the states. He does an excellent job of keeping things moving along (as much as he can anyway). Keep praying cause we all firmly believe God has some plan in the works here. We trust in His provision and the knowledge that His ways are not ours but His are best! For Dejna, for the doctor/medical team involved and for us as well.
PS- I know this brings back memories for Redgi since last year at this same time (actually Easter Sunday) his aunt died at this same hospital cause the respirator she needed ceased working and they had no one to fix it or no way to replace it. Without assistance of the machine, she couldn't breathe and passed hours later. This probably would not have happened in another country/hospital. Another of the harsh realities of working and living in Haiti. :'(
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