her son, going to different hospitals and having no luck whatsoever until she got here. this is the entrance to the country s largest aids clinic. and it just so happens this is where her son was brought. and where he was for only a while. eclane met dr. vanessa here. though the doctor never knew the boy s name, she remembered him. i met him on the 23rd after he d had his leg amputated because he has a severe leg injury that was infected. he hadn t had care for over a week. reporter: it broke the doctor s heart when she had to tell eclane her boy had been moved a week earlier. he d been flown to the u.s.s. comfort for treatment. the red tape starts, basically. reporter: the doctor flew to the u.s. ship looking for kervins. once again he was gone. he had been transferred to a hospital in northern haiti, six hours away from his mom. at least they d be together
again, right? wrong. the red tape. the earthquake destroyed eclane s personal papers. had no legal proof kervins was her son. everyone starts to panic. they want to do things the right way. how can we prove these people claiming to be parents are really parents? reporter: finally after almost three weeks in that hospital they were reunited. the international red cross and the government of haiti had concluded eclane and kervins were, indeed, mother and son. this was the moment his mother had been dreaming about. it had been five weeks since she d seen her 2-year-old. the international red cross says the delay was necessary. you don t think that it was wrong that it took so long? on the contrary i think it was right all the procedures were followed and that now there is a happy ending. reporter: how do you feel right now having your son back? translator: i m ecstatic. i m so happy i don t know what to say. reporter: then it was time to go home.
they returned to a tiny tent in the middle of one of the poorest slums in port-au-prince. the conditions for everyone here are anything but good. but at least kervins is with his mom. she just took her face and just rubbed it against the little boy s cheek. 2-year-old boy is so cute. tough to see him back in that tent, i m sure, gary for you and for a lot of people. what is his prognosis? reporter: the prognosis is very good. kervins in excellent care in the two hospitals in the u.s.s. comfort. you saw that little tent. the tent where they re living is the size of a toy for a lot of children. toy tent. the sanitation is abysmal. their bathroom is a porta-potty. their shower is buckets over their head. that wonderful doctor, a pediatrician and she pledges she will take good care of little kervins. that s good to hear for sure. i ve been down there and saw the same sort of things that you did. you do stories like this, but keeping in mind there are