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Kyle Smart - Katrina disaster support - the second day

Dear Friends and Family,
 
Another wonderful day.  We spent ten hours going to two Red Cross sites and three churches.  I think it was unique to find a site which had not received any health care, as we did on the first night.  Hence, all of the sites today had previously seen physicians--thankfully.  We still saw seventy people.
 
Today we treated some higher acuity patients.  A hospice patient dying of prostate cancer, an HIV patient that had been without her anti-viral medications, and a bipolar patient in an acute manic phase. 
 
All of our objectives are being met.  I have many reliable contacts for those of you looking to come out and help. 
 
We continue to be well fed, thanks to the Crawley's.  Jared and I are staying with his brother-in-law, while James is staying with his mom.  Oh by the way, James' brother-in-law is blues icon Larry Garner. 
 
I am thinking of forwarding you Jared's email which is a much more colorful account of the day.  I realize mine is drab, probably due to exhaustion, and you guys deserve better.
 
Sincerely,
 
Kyle Smart

posted by Evan @ 10:23 PM