Another day in paradise

Yesterday we had no more problems with Paix other than trying to decide how much insulin to give him as his blood sugar was too high the rest of the day. Jennifer took Stephanie, Jenna, and I to Madame Francious' sewing center to buy some souveniers. We spent a lot of money there because her place is actually a sewing school and she provides a good service to the community. To say she was ecstatic would be and understatement. She was kissing us and squealing with delight. Jennifer said she had never seen her make such a big sale in one day. All of her stuff is hand stitched and very pretty. Last night we had meatloaf and mashed potatoes!! They managed to find some ground beef and so we had an American meal last night. All of us have had a little stomach issue this week. They got a new filter system for some of the water and they are wondering if maybe it isn't doing the job. Oh, the joys of being in the mission field!
This morning was like a time warp to yesterday. We had a knock on the window at 0530 saying that Paix was sick again. He was at least responsive today but it took us about 2 hours to his blood sugar up to where he was able to function normally. He says he doesn't have any other diseases that he knows of (AIDS, Hep C, etc) but we think he must have something else going on for his blood sugars to be so all over the place. He just came and showed me his monitor and his blood sugar was 315 before lunch. I am seriously just guessing how much insulin to give him. Yikes!!! He ate lunch and I have him 10 of Novulin N. He will recheck before dinner and let us know if he feels bad in the mean time. He may have to go into the hospital for testing and to try to get his blood sugar regulated. But no one wants to go to the hospital here unless it is absolutely necessary.
I saw all the kids this morning before school. They ride a bus to school and wear uniforms. You cant go to school if you can't afford the uniforms. They had Haitian spaghetti for breakfast. So weird seeing people eat that for breakfast. I had nutella on a piece of bread so you know I am in heaven!!! The ladies are making lunch right now. I'm not sure what we are having but I know it involves rice, beans, and some kind of fish sauce. Yesterday for lunch we had pate'. That is a fried meat pastry like thing. Kinda tasted like eggrolls (only made out of goat). Jennifer has two ladies that come in and make lunch M-F. The meals take about 4 hours to prepare. They are so good. But, they don't like anybody (blancs) watching them cook and they don't share recipes.

Milk clinic is going well. I will have more to say about that later when we are done.

Lots of Love,
Leah