Odley Pierre's Medical Fund-Haiti

My name is Michele Bailey, I have a non-profit, Mission Possible Relief, which has been based in Haiti for the past seven years.  We work with orphans, help to rebuild after disasters, as well as partner with another non-profit to supply clean water systems to hospitals, schools and orphanages that run water out to the community they are in.  
Three weeks ago, I was surveying a hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, (one of the hardest hit areas by hurricane Matthew) to install a clean water system when I asked to tour the children’s ward.  That’s when I met 1 year old Odley.  There he was all by himself
 in the bed with no one around.  I inquired about him and asked where his family was.  The nurse informed me that he had been abandoned at the hospital a week before that.  In Haiti, the hospitals do not feed you so you have to have family bring you food.  I asked if he was being fed and they said he could not keep food down (he could have been fed through a tube but it took too much effort and time that the staff did not have).  It was then that another nurse walked up and started to pick his little body up by holding his wrist and ankles together like an animal and not supporting what I would soon find out to be his ten pound head.  I immediately stopped her and informed her that his neck would break if she lifted him without support of his head.  As I cradled his head to help her move him I realized that this frail baby human had no one to fight for him and he would not make it another day if someone didn't step up and speak for him.  And so, the journey began.  Myself and what I would soon find out, another lady, Caitlin would pull every string possible to help this little guy get the care he needed.  As of today, Social Services has granted us the care takers of Odley and his health care.  This was a difficult process as they tried to find his Mother and Father or next of ken and were unsuccessful.  We take our responsiblity for his life seriously and feel blessed that he is in our care.
Odley has Hydrocephalus, which is fluid retained on his brain.  There is a surgery that can be done for this; a port is placed in his head and the fluid drains to his abdomen and is dissolved by the body.   He could possible live a pretty normal life depending on if there has been damage to his brain.  There are many costs involved but he will also need long term care.  Odley needs a CT scan before the surgeon team that is coming Thursday from the states will be able to do anything for him.  We will have to pay two nurses, one for the day and one for the night to stay with him at the hospital, as well as for food, hygiene items and medication.  He had not been able to move his body and will need Physical Therapy to learn to use his muscles and hopfully learn to walk.   He does make noices but we are unsure at this point about verbal skills he will hopefully soon be developing with some work.  The hospital staff do not take care of the patients needs.  This is the custom in Haiti and they do not have enough staff to care for the patients like they do here in the states.  He will be transported for the second time via air ambulance, but this time to a hospital that specializes in Hydrocephalus.   Odley will need after care if he is in good enough shape for the surgery.  Please consider helping us, help little Odley.  His life means something; he matters and is worth fighting for.  Please join us in our effort to give him a normal life.
We are so very thankful for anything you can do.