CORNELIUS, N.C. -- Dr. Art McCulloch of Cornelius was probably doing surgery shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday when a powerful aftershock hit Haiti.
His wife, Kim, heard through the family of another member of his team that he and the others are OK.
"I feel very comfortable," Kim McCulloch said, knowing that the compound where her husband is working was built to tough U.S. building codes.
Her husband is part of a team volunteering at the Double Harvest clinic. Double Harvest is a Christian charity that runs the clinic, a school and a farm in the town of Croix des Bouquets, about 10 miles outside of Port-au-Prince.
His team from Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants arrived in the Dominican Republic last Sunday. It took until Monday to get into Haiti where they immediately began performing surgeries on victims from the earthquake.
"They did do surgeries at night and they did mostly amputations, which unfortunately is one of the main surgeries that they are doing," Kim McCulloch said.
She has had some luck e-mailing her husband and had one phone call while he has been in Haiti.
McCulloch's daughter, 24-year-old Alex, said there were some anxious moments when she heard about the severe aftershock.
"Anytime you hear that your dad was somewhere where a 6.1 earthquake just happened, you worry. It's pretty terrifying," she said.
It may be some time until his wife can speak with her husband, but Kim McCulloch knows what she will say.
"I hope you are doing OK and you have a lot of prayers here coming to you. So, be safe, do good and get some rest," she said.
If all goes according to plan, Dr. Art McCulloch will leave Haiti this weekend and will be back in Cornelius with his family sometime Sunday night.
