All work no play makes Doctor John a dull Doktar! He is our all around man!

Check out the engaging smiles on these children. Little Jodelyn lost her parents and siblings, lost one of her legs and has a broken hip on the opposite side. She is being discharged with her grandmother. Ben and Alice organized some group therapy activities for the younger patients outside. Alice also is very useful, wiping people's bodies with her cloths and then massaging their limbs with lotion. They love it!!Pin care is such an important part of treatment. More than half of the patients we are seeing have some sort of an external fixator attached to one or more of their limbs. These apparatuses are leftovers from the States, rejected by U.S. doctors because they don't really allow bones to grow together completely, but rather they hold the fracture apart a little too much, not allowing the fractured area to fuse together. But they are better than nothing and have allowed broken bones to begin to mend on many of the patients. Drs John and Mike are doing many procedures which they call Dynamization (sp?) where they tighten some pins and loosen others, allowing more flexion on some of the joints. Weight bearing on the bones is so important also and our physical therapists, Margaret, Ben and Vickie are helping people get up and moving.One of the operating rooms.Getting folks outside was a real treat for them. One of the operating rooms. Drying X-rays A view from the helicopter ride. The Haitian countryside is truly beautiful! Kerven stole all of our hearts.