After chasing the sun from east to west, I finally landed at the airport in Dominican Republic. The airport was packed with many tourists, including those from Europe.
Things are slowly changing. In fact everyday when I walk into our office and our hospitals there are small noticeable changes and supplies are finally piling up in our storage, there is some order to the madness. MSF’s program is also evolving.
I had the scare of my life this morning. I had hoped I could sleep in an extra 10 minutes because I’ve been working on 5 hours a night for the last week and am hitting the bottom of the barrel.
Balance
Everything is a balancing act: Riding a bicycle, weighing onions at the market, carrying water containers on your head, health, life and death.
On the last day of 2009, I witnessed the balance between life and death..
