Haiti

Peter and I are back safely from our trip to Haiti.....There is nothing I can say that will make anyone understand what it was like...unless you have been there. Its a totally different world and I am so thankful for all I have and for what my children have. I will be posting pictures here and there to share with you...will probably put together a slide show at some point. My heart has been broken for these children.....

This is Peterson...he was sent to the orphange 2 yrs ago because he was taking to long to die in the hospital after a failed shunt due to hydrocephalus. I spent 4 days caring for him. He smiles and laughs. He is fed through a tube in his nose. His eyes have cataracts...but I know he can see out of one of them..if only light and dark. He is on his back 24/7 and consequently has open wounds on the back of his head. I explained that he needs to be turned on his side ...they know...but its not done. I just wanted to pick him up and put him on my shoulder...but his head is just too heavy. I held him in my arms and after 10 minutes I had to put him down due to the weight of his head....He loved having his arms and legs and belly rubbed. The socks areon his hands because he pulls out his NG tube in his nose. When I fist saw him he had old mittens on his hands...one of them was taped. It had been a long time since they had been taken off...they smelled. I took them off and his nails were so long and the skin just rubbed off his hands. I cleaned him up...cut his nails. He was so happy to feel his hand in his mouth. I wish I had a picture of his tongue. He loved to stick it out so I could grab it. I left him with clean socks in his hands...who knows when they will be changed again. He loved any touch that I could give him. God has a plan for Peterson.....