I forgot to write about another interesting incident yesterday. One of our docs happened to be looking in the waiting area and saw a young lady face down in the mud. The other visitors/patients seemed to be ignoring her. They said she had been screaming and possibly had a seizure. We were about to put her on a cart when someone woke her up and she began thrashing/screaming. Apparently her mother had just died and this was her grief response. Everyone then just dispersed and left her thrashing and crying...it was quite odd. I kept an eye on her and eventually she made it back to a chair.
We all went to one last mass this morning. It began as a funeral but the family had to leave and get the body home. The message for today was sustainability. It felt like it was geared towards us. There is still so much need in Haiti, what can volunteers and Mayo do to keep helping? I don't think the answer is clear yet.
Our flight back to Miami was uneventful. We spent a lot of time going through customs. I just had a $13 bloody mary with my lunch/dinner. I am looking forward to getting away from this 100% humidity. My skin has seen better days, I have an unpleasant body odor and my hair is beyond help at this point. Erma Bombeck said when you start to look like your passport photo, it's time to go home. What does it mean if you look worse than your passport photo?
We will arrive back in Rochester at midnight. I'm looking forward to opening the windows and sleeping in.
I will plan on writing my final blog tomorrow.
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