I don’t treat kids. I never have. But for one week in Haiti, I was a pediatric physical therapist. The kids there were a reminder of the devastation the country had endured, but with the drive to survive and recover. I had the honor to work with some of the most dedicated clinicians I have [...]
Life at the hospital, to me, was one word-chaotic. We arrived by van to the hospital and looked for our rooms. All of the rehabilitation staff was in one large room. There were 10 of us, cots mere inches apart, with no bathroom and no windows. Truthfully, the lack of bathroom turned out to be [...]
On our way from the airport to Bernard Mevs Hospital, we had a brief introduction to Port au Prince. But the next day we were scheduled for a formal tour given by a local. Five therapists were loaded into a dirty SUV. We left the gates of our hospital grounds for a formal tour of [...]
The preparation for Haiti was much less intense than a trip around the world, but required a different mentality. What would I need to take with me for myself that I could leave behind? The answer to that question came from right where I worked. The crew I work with at St.Anthony’s Hospital was awesome. [...]
A month ago we moved in to our new house. When we cleaned out the storage unit, there was my Kelty backpack. That Kelty was my tried and true partner for 18 months (aside from WS of course!). Where I went, it went. That day as I took it into the house, I hoisted it [...]
