Yael BT, blogger and communications staffer for the Israel Defense Force, is part of the IDF’s relief mission to Haiti. Yael has given us permission to re-post blog entries about her experience in the wake of recent earthquakes.
6:00 pm – What a day!
Wow. Today was probably one of the most eventful days here in the camp.
This morning I wandered into the maternity ward. The Dr. asked me if I ever witnessed a birth. I said no, so he told me to stick around, I might have to help. Luckily they handled it pretty well on their own, but I got to help clean the beautiful baby boy and even put the tags on him. The nurse had to leave the room, so she casually called out to me “oh, can you give the baby to the mom?” And that was pretty much the coolest thing EVER.
Not that I even had time to think about it. Shortly after that, Mike came in, a 4 year old boy who was diagnosed with Leukemia, here at the IDF hospital . We started a huge twitter campaign to find someone to help him, and 2 hours later he whisked away to Miami University Hospital.
After that I showered. When I came back, I discovered that our search and rescue team had found a 23-year-old man who had been trapped for 11 days, alive! He survived by drinking liquids that he found around him, mostly his own urine. He is currently being treated here and his physical condition is excellent. The video of the incredible video of the rescue is above.
Read more about the day on Yael’s blog.
