Week One in Passe Catabois

I lied we do have the internet!!
We left PAP on Tuesday via a small plane. I am not a fan of these little plane rides, but I was feeling really calm b/c I was so excited to head to PC and see everyone! I felt sooo good that I even ate some goldfish, unfortunately about 2/3 of the way thru the flight we hit some major turbulance and I almost threw up all the goldfish! It was scary, Ryna had to put her head down and go into a prayer vigil!! I actually started laughing, I'm totally that annoying person that when a situation is stressful I get that hysterical laugh. Last time I was in Haiti and on a motorcycle, I was laughing so hard b/c I thought I would die but the driver thought I was laughing b/c I was having so much fun so he kept speeding up, as I got closer and closer to a heart attackt!!! We made it to PC and I got to see AM! She is doing really well, and is just as amazing as ever! She went back to Holland on Sunday and will return after the girls are officially adopted!! I'm soooo sad she is gone, part of the reason I come to Haiti is just to soak up her goodness, if I can be like 5% as good as her that would be awesome!! We also met the new German doctor, Michael and his wife, Esther and I love them both! I have already made jokes about Germany and it has been a hit so I love that! Plus, the doctor is an OB and he said he would let me do the deliveries so I am excited about that, and he loves getting a Coke everyday so we will be BFF! Esther is a nurse too, and she is so nice and does whatever is needed! I think we will all be a good team, but I think we are all a little anxious about AM being gone!
Of course day 1 we are greeted by a malnourished boy, 2yo, Erebendi. He is soooo swollen, and will not drink the milk so we had to put in an NG tube which he likes to pull out!! Saturday night I looked at him and decided he was about to die, the swelling was increasing so I decided to get up and give him milk at night! Bring on the exhaustion! Ryna being the good caring nurse she is gets up too! And yesterday Esther joined in! Esther feeds him at 11PM, I'm at 1AM, Ryna at 4AM. He still is about the same but he's alive so I'm hopeful! But seeing him has brought back some sad memories! I'm glad to be here but there is also so many sad memories. I asked AM about some of my old patients, and Dieselmet the malnourished boy is doing well! Unfortunately, two of my TB patients died and one child who stayed in the hospital for pneumonia. Sad.
Besides that the most eventful thing that happened was while I was on the toilet!! Sorry, but its true! I went to the bathroom at like 2AM and while I was sitting there I saw a shadow outside the door! YES, a shadow! It freaked me out, I was like oh crap that better not be a huge tarantula coming after me! It was not, it was a big mouse that decided to charge me while I sat on the toilet! Excuse me, I am suppossed to be getting some privacy here in PC and I have 2 mice that like to join me in the toilet! At least its not a tarantula, which I have not seen any!!! And the best news of all is that Amelia the sheep I was tempted to slaughter more than once has been relocated!!
I already have a baby that I will take care of next month, a decision I may regret later! She is 11mo and her mom died. She is living with a French couple here, and they leave in April so she comes to live with me! Ryna was super excited that I volunteered to do that; we may no longer be roommates in a month! But the baby supposedly sleeps thru the night! And AM needed someone to watch the baby and I can't say no to her, she is my hero! Plus I am praciticing being a mom at different stages, the first two babies were extremely exhausting! I'm really hopeful and blissfully ignorant in thinking that maybe an 11mo will be less exhausting and lots of fun!! Here we go again!!