Had only less than 3 hours of sleep. Told Walter I couldn't sleep because of his tossing and turning. He felt bad and apologized because of his bad back. No problem, I said. Went to brush my teeth in the bathroom. There were 2 shower stalls without any curtains, and two toilets without doors! Hmmmmmm. I've showered in the gym with other guys around without any problems. But to try and do number two when people are going in and out of the bathroom? I don't think so. Tried it when Walter was around....JUST AIN'T HAPPENING! LOL. I was thinking of not going the whole week if this was going to be commonplace! LOL.
I went outside to survey the compound. It was well guarded. Walls surrounded the place. We were told not to wander out by ourselves as they couldn't guarantee our safety once we venture outside. The Haitian embassy residence was right next door. I was told that the COTN residence was once owned by a wealthy Armenian real estate tycoon who built this place as a "Party House". This explained the huge pool with a walk up bar. No one wanted to go into the pool since it wasn't filtered and the water was looking pretty green. LOL. Besides, we didn't have any time since we were told that after breakfast, that we would be heading to Jimani, which was another 2 or so hours from Barahona.
After breakfast, some of us got a chance to use the residence's computer. I was then able to give Bob an update. I did have my phone with me, as well as many of the other team members. But reception was erratic and non-existent at times. And I was saving it for emergencies, since it would cost over 3 bucks a minute to call the U.S. Wish I had an international calling plan!
We then were asked to go through our bags to get our essentials because a truck was going to transport our bags separately. Our teams were split in two and were told to hurry since the first group was going to leave right away. Good thing I was in the second group. I was scrambling for my bag to take some essential things for the trip.
I also got a chance to take some pictures of the other members, especially the anesthesia crew which I was a part of. There were 2 anesthesiologists, Doug & Christine (a pediatric anesthesiologist) and Barb, Mark, and myself (CRNAs). The first 2 anesthesia providers were only staying until Sunday. All the other CRNA's were staying till Thursday. I'm sure that there will be plenty of anesthesia personnel once we arrive in Jimani since we were told that they were performing operations non-stop since earthquake victims started coming several days ago.
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