Port Au Prince Day 3

I'm here after an 8hr, beautiful bus ride! Beautiful until PAP, its like one house is completely flattened like a pancake the next has no damage. It is so bizarre, I don"t understand it. There are tent cities everywhere, which are made with sheets etc, and smell so bad, I almost get sick and I'm a nurse!!
I'm working at a hospital that is an hr drive away in the back of a pick up. Day 1 I worked peds! My Creole came back quick bc when no one can communicate with the patients it forces you to do all the interpreting. It was crazy busy day 1. Then day 2 and 3 came which was beyond busy. Um I was moved to OB where I am the only nurse working all day, not cool. I usually have at least 3 patients laboring. And at least 4 who just had c-sections. Plus a few extras like the postpartum lady who has high BP and had seizures. Lets just say I don't eat btwn 6:30 am and 6:30pm. I also only sit in the car. Its ok, I came to work and I am definitely doing that. Plus you can't complain or take a break when everyone around you has so many more problems, I can't imagine. I have already had to send three women home with their newborn babies, and no place to live. Not even a tent. We have nothing to give them. My patient today, it was her 11th baby all her kids are sleeping outside and now she takes the newborn to sleep outside too! I let an 18yo new mom stay two extra nights just bc she was scared and had no place to go. If anyone knows of a group sending tents then network for me please!
The hospital also has a lot of kids with dehydration. There are too many tents to count that are filled with post op orthopedic surgeries like amputations. The entire hospital is pretty much mass chaos!! I have to say though the best part is seeing all the teams. Everywhere we drive we pass groups on their way to projects. And we are living with about two hundred volunteers as well! I just have seen so many people really taking care of the Haitians, I have loved that! And I have to say the most impressive so far have been the French, they have done an amazing job at the hospital!! We are working in peds and OB with a group of Americans who are pretty awesome as well! They leave this weekend with no replacements so far, so pray for help!!
Our home is a school with flushing toilets and we can take a 3min shower which is amazing!! The food has been great! No tarantulas have been seen or killed!! The military is also here, we aren't allowed to talk to them, but we all appreciate the water and internet they are paying for!! Its been hard but I've had moments of just pure joy! There is still laughter and love in Haiti! I can make jokes wiht the patients, babies are still smiling!! And my goal is to keep a smile on my face. The last thing I need to do is stress them out more, and we have to have hope for something better.
Just so everyone knows I feel completely safe here!!