Day 2

Is it Sunday yet??  Long hot day today.  Driving thru Port-au-Prince to get to the lab and looking at all the destruction would lead you to believe the earthquake was yesterday.  Prior to the earthquake, I would guess most of the amputees were from car accidents.  The majority of people walk and the drivers are like mario cart drivers!  1st day at the prosthetic lab was a little disorganized.  ROMP is so much more organized.  I had to keep asking people for things to do.  In the end, I took 3 casts and modified 2.  Taught 20 students how i take impressions for a certain level of amputation and will teach them how to modify it tomorrow.  They are all very eager to learn.  When I don't know what I'm talking about or don't understand them, I talk real fast and everyone is lost.  But they always smile. The lab was incredibly hot (had to be in the 90's inside).  Drinking alot of water (bottled).  Hopefully things will run smoother (and cooler) tomorrow. Dinner for tomorrow is going to be the rooster that crows a 3:30 in the am.  The next day, it will be the dogs that keep barking