Another day in Haiti

The following is from an article "A Day in the Life of an LDS Team in Haiti":

A poignant reminder of suffering is the refugee forest just beyond the hospital, where patients have congregated who have been released and have no place to go.

Gaylinn Breeze, a shock and trauma nurse, said, “I know one gentleman, Johnny, who lives on an island far from here, and with his right leg amputated, can’t get there to be with his family. When he was discharged, he went to the forest and he hopes that he can be readmitted because it is his only hope for a bed.”

Sixteen-year-old, Jerry, is another one who hangs out in the forest. Since the quake, he is missing half his foot, but Dr. Mark Rogers, of our team went out to visit him and saw that he would either lose his leg or his life if two more inches were not taken off. He was able to get Jerry admitted to the hospital and save him.

We asked, “How can you smile and laugh when you cannot see a future?”

He answered, “We’re Haitians. We suffer. It is what we do. If we don’t laugh and smile, it makes it worse.”

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