I have always heard there is nothing stronger that a mother's love and for the last 2 weeks we have been witness to that . A young 25 old man the lone survivor abbe to get out of a large collapsing apartment building during the Jan. 12th quake was admitted here on Jan 15th. Yesterday after all other options had been exhausted including pleas to helicopter him onto the U.S.Navy hospital ship the Comfort had been denied. An orthopedic surgical team of 5 specialist undertook a 5 hour operation to give him a chance to maybe not walk but to live. The surgeons pinned and screwed his crushed vertebra back together, if his spinal cord is not completely severed he may regain some use of his lower extremities. Through it all this young man has had his mother attending t9o his every need. Even as the surgeons explained and demonstrated all the th9ings she would need to do for him over the weeks, months and even lifetime she kept assuuring us that she would always be there t0 take care of him. There is no way to explain these how much these quake victims have appreciated the love , attention and skills that the medical teams have brought here t0 Pierre Payen these last 2 weeks. As this team prepares to leave this afternoon and a new team arrives tonight many tears of love and gratitude has been shed by the many patients that these surgeon, doctors and nurses have come to know not as nameless patients as fellow brothers and sisters. Maureen one of the who has been here this week after returning from visiting with the patients one last time made the comment that this was the hardest thing she has had to do this week, to say goodbye. Thanks to all of you who aren't here but have prayed for us, donated supplies , planes, equipment and money to make this effort possible. In God' love , steve
I have always heard there is nothing stronger that a mother's love and for the last 2 weeks we have been witness to that . A young 25 old man the lone survivor abbe to get out of a large collapsing apartment building during the Jan. 12th quake was admitted here on Jan 15th. Yesterday after all other options had been exhausted including pleas to helicopter him onto the U.S.Navy hospital ship the Comfort had been denied. An orthopedic surgical team of 5 specialist undertook a 5 hour operation to give him a chance to maybe not walk but to live. The surgeons pinned and screwed his crushed vertebra back together, if his spinal cord is not completely severed he may regain some use of his lower extremities. Through it all this young man has had his mother attending t9o his every need. Even as the surgeons explained and demonstrated all the th9ings she would need to do for him over the weeks, months and even lifetime she kept assuuring us that she would always be there t0 take care of him. There is no way to explain these how much these quake victims have appreciated the love , attention and skills that the medical teams have brought here t0 Pierre Payen these last 2 weeks. As this team prepares to leave this afternoon and a new team arrives tonight many tears of love and gratitude has been shed by the many patients that these surgeon, doctors and nurses have come to know not as nameless patients as fellow brothers and sisters. Maureen one of the who has been here this week after returning from visiting with the patients one last time made the comment that this was the hardest thing she has had to do this week, to say goodbye. Thanks to all of you who aren't here but have prayed for us, donated supplies , planes, equipment and money to make this effort possible. In God' love , steve 
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