The Home Front

The past two weeks have been long and fun and a bit crazy and tiring.  We are happy for Paul to have the chance to go back to Haiti, but can't wait for him to be home.  The boys have been helpful, grumpy, mischevious and loving by turns. 



























School days go by quickly but we fill the weekends and vacation days with puzzles, art projects, games, and Easter activities.

Of course, I have been working at the hospital and Casa de Fe as well as at home.  My clinic day at the hospital ranges from coughs and colds to things like constipation and ADHD.  Not too different from practicing in inner city Dallas.  Finding the resources to help my patients here is sometimes a little more tricky.  At Casa de Fe, there have been 3 new babies in the past few weeks.  One has already been admitted for pneumonia, one has a cleft lip and palate partially repaired and one little girl turns out to have a previously undiagnosed heart murmur and seizures and is at a hospital in Quito for further evaluation. 

Paul will be back tomorrow and will be able to hear Isaac's dozens of new words and see how long everyone hair has grown.  I suspect haircuts will be on the agenda for next week.  I have figured out the system of plugs in the mysterious zone behind the computer, driven part of the way home from Quito for the first time and tried new recipes like pita bread and caramel sauce.  It will be strange and wonderful to be together as a family again.  Happy Easter to all!  He is risen indeed.