The day of the earthquake our neighbors came running to us asking us to help transport a pregnant woman to the hospital who had a badly broken arm. I (Rich) ran and got my keys and asked our Haitian helper, Ecdes, who is 16 to come with me.
We got the woman into the car and made her as comfortable as possible, but she was in extreme pain.
We had to drive to 5 different places before we finally had to give up and take her into a hospital even through they said they were all filled. Ecdes and I carried her up to the only light we saw in the courtyard and asked the overwhelmed nurse who was there to take care of her.
The woman's name is Adline and today she came by with her baby boy named Wilkens Jean who was born on February 4th, to thank us for our help.
It turned out that, in spite of the overcrowded conditions, she did receive some care. She was in the hospital a couple of weeks, actually. But they couldn't treat her arm properly and it became infected and had to be amputated.
However, she did not complain at all, and now she is the happy mother of a healthy baby boy. She has a 10 year old daughter to help her out, so that is a blessing. But her husband died before the earthquake and she has no job.
She was so thankful to Ecdes and I that she has made Ecdes the boy's Godfather.
Please pray that we will be able to help her find a job so she can care for her two children.
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