If Saul can get to Lima, he'll be seen soon for an evaluation by a local team Dr Alejos trained. Then the mission team will be down in a few months! Boom! Team Lima will be contacting Kausay Wasi. It pays to know people.
Thank you Kate Ropp
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Hump day...and a busy one it was
7 pm...just got back to my room too tired to go out to eat...
Jason is bringing back some Quinoa soup...thank you Jason...a glass of red wine is my hand...feet are up....
We did 7 surgeries today...6 were planned one was added on...so Teresa is 24 years old and had a mucoid cyst between left eye and nose reaching back into the ethmoid sinus. She wore her hair to cover her left face. Both Dr's operated to remove the cyst and creat a drainage system so it would nor reoccur. Amazing watch. She came alone with no family. So Margo a clinic staff took her home to look after her.
We did 4 Septoplasty and two big ear cases one on an 11 year old girl ...she was so brave.
Two more days of operations to go...tomorrow will be a busy busy day 2 tympanomastoids, 2 Septoplasty, 1 polypectomy, 1 parodid surgery...
On my way home I got hugs from my buddy Saul
Jason is bringing back some Quinoa soup...thank you Jason...a glass of red wine is my hand...feet are up....
We did 7 surgeries today...6 were planned one was added on...so Teresa is 24 years old and had a mucoid cyst between left eye and nose reaching back into the ethmoid sinus. She wore her hair to cover her left face. Both Dr's operated to remove the cyst and creat a drainage system so it would nor reoccur. Amazing watch. She came alone with no family. So Margo a clinic staff took her home to look after her.
We did 4 Septoplasty and two big ear cases one on an 11 year old girl ...she was so brave.
Two more days of operations to go...tomorrow will be a busy busy day 2 tympanomastoids, 2 Septoplasty, 1 polypectomy, 1 parodid surgery...
On my way home I got hugs from my buddy Saul
Saul
Now the whole team has fallen in love. Karoline Brock who is a pediatrician agreed to examine Saul
Next steps he will have a cardiac echo...working on making connections with a pediatric cardiologist and the organization Cardiostart the come to Peru and do cardiac surgery. The ball has started to roll...we will see what the evaluation shows..
Next steps he will have a cardiac echo...working on making connections with a pediatric cardiologist and the organization Cardiostart the come to Peru and do cardiac surgery. The ball has started to roll...we will see what the evaluation shows..
Monday, September 28, 2015
Well my heart has been stolen again...
yesterday as I walked around in the village a very cute boy said hola...so I of course stopped to play...he was soon joined by his mom and little sister.
Can never really shut of the nurse brain...I noticed his lips were cyanotic and the the most severe clubbing on his fingers and nails. Mom shared that he had heart surgery and showed me his scar. She then pointed out his colostomy and mentioned that he was born with out an anal opening.
She then described that his spinal cord was bent...I am guessing he has a tethered spinal cord.
He is three years older than his sister yet she is 6 inches taller.
Later in the day his family was out for a walk and pushing him in a cart because he can not tolerate any exertion.
Today at the Clinic I was telling Sandy and Guido about Saul. So Karoline Brock is a pediatrician and she agreed to see him and begin an evaluation. We are wonder if he has VACTERL association ?
Sandy and Guido are contact a cardiologist in Ariquipa and see if we can get him evaluated. Then figure out the rest of his health issues.
I now will visit each day!...mom wants me to help him get care in the USA....we will see
Can never really shut of the nurse brain...I noticed his lips were cyanotic and the the most severe clubbing on his fingers and nails. Mom shared that he had heart surgery and showed me his scar. She then pointed out his colostomy and mentioned that he was born with out an anal opening.
She then described that his spinal cord was bent...I am guessing he has a tethered spinal cord.
He is three years older than his sister yet she is 6 inches taller.
Later in the day his family was out for a walk and pushing him in a cart because he can not tolerate any exertion.
Today at the Clinic I was telling Sandy and Guido about Saul. So Karoline Brock is a pediatrician and she agreed to see him and begin an evaluation. We are wonder if he has VACTERL association ?
Sandy and Guido are contact a cardiologist in Ariquipa and see if we can get him evaluated. Then figure out the rest of his health issues.
I now will visit each day!...mom wants me to help him get care in the USA....we will see
Superman Saul
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Saul
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Well I just erased one hour of writing and very slow uploading
hoping that we got our bad luck all done in Portland...
One of our team members realized at the ticket counter that the name on her passport and the name on her ticket did not match...needless to say she had to remain in Portland until the travel agent was able to issue a new ticket. She is en-route now and will arrive sometime tomorrow.
Then one of the surgeons got caught in security for a long time...an Alaska airline agent boarded the plane and was calling out Steve Long...we all jumped up and looked around....and pleaded for them not to leave without him...luckily he made it on.
And another members luggage broke at the airport and he had to go and buy a new one and repack in the middle of the airport.
Off to LAX we went.
In LA Drew Peterson and his girlfriend Melissa braved LA traffic on a Friday evening for a visit. Great to catch up.
Then for the long trek to Lima...I actually fell asleep before the plane departed...woke up when my row mate got food...then tossed and turned.
Arrived in Lima an despite having to open every medical bag we flew through customs.
The flight from Lima (at sea level) to Cusco (12,500) in one hour is always an adventure...imagine the Andes 20,000 feet high...imagine a city in the valley...now think about a plane dropping out of the sky and slamming its breaks on for a very short runway...white knuckles every time
Today we set up the clinic. The Dr's screened patients. Some went on a tour. Lourdes and I had a relaxed day...we walked around the village...including the cemetery. Very interesting we chatted with a family setting fresh flowers at the grave. Then they asked us to pray with them. Very touching
Then we went to Pisac to the market. I ran into a family I had purchased weaving from before. They remembered me fun.
Then dinner with the team.
One of our team members realized at the ticket counter that the name on her passport and the name on her ticket did not match...needless to say she had to remain in Portland until the travel agent was able to issue a new ticket. She is en-route now and will arrive sometime tomorrow.
Then one of the surgeons got caught in security for a long time...an Alaska airline agent boarded the plane and was calling out Steve Long...we all jumped up and looked around....and pleaded for them not to leave without him...luckily he made it on.
And another members luggage broke at the airport and he had to go and buy a new one and repack in the middle of the airport.
Off to LAX we went.
In LA Drew Peterson and his girlfriend Melissa braved LA traffic on a Friday evening for a visit. Great to catch up.
Then for the long trek to Lima...I actually fell asleep before the plane departed...woke up when my row mate got food...then tossed and turned.
Arrived in Lima an despite having to open every medical bag we flew through customs.
The flight from Lima (at sea level) to Cusco (12,500) in one hour is always an adventure...imagine the Andes 20,000 feet high...imagine a city in the valley...now think about a plane dropping out of the sky and slamming its breaks on for a very short runway...white knuckles every time
Today we set up the clinic. The Dr's screened patients. Some went on a tour. Lourdes and I had a relaxed day...we walked around the village...including the cemetery. Very interesting we chatted with a family setting fresh flowers at the grave. Then they asked us to pray with them. Very touching
Then we went to Pisac to the market. I ran into a family I had purchased weaving from before. They remembered me fun.
Then dinner with the team.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Packing party...
packing party.... done
Inventory ..........done
Packed...............done
It is hard to believe that this will be my 11th mission trip to Qoya, Peru. While there is never quite the thrill of the first trip to a foreign country. There are the comforts of familiarity and the friendships which have developed over time.
Peru is a beautiful country and the people of the Andes have captured my heart...
I can't wait to play with the beautiful dark eyed children...to smell the the different flowers and trees, the smells of the families cooking...to see the tall Andean mountains against the beauty of the sacred valley.
It is my privilege to be welcomed into their world.
We will do a week of ENT surgery.
I wonder what will capture my heart this year? Tomorrow the adventure begins
Inventory ..........done
Packed...............done
It is hard to believe that this will be my 11th mission trip to Qoya, Peru. While there is never quite the thrill of the first trip to a foreign country. There are the comforts of familiarity and the friendships which have developed over time.
Peru is a beautiful country and the people of the Andes have captured my heart...
I can't wait to play with the beautiful dark eyed children...to smell the the different flowers and trees, the smells of the families cooking...to see the tall Andean mountains against the beauty of the sacred valley.
It is my privilege to be welcomed into their world.
We will do a week of ENT surgery.
I wonder what will capture my heart this year? Tomorrow the adventure begins
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