Home Sweet Home! It is great to be back home. I took a shower and a walk which were wonderful. Now my goal is to stay awake as long as I can tonight, but it probably won't be all that late. Since we change clocks tonight, I have no idea what time zone I will be on tomorrow!! Thanks for all of the wonderful notes and words of encouragement during my trip.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Oct 31- Nov
1
We spent the
morning of the 31st at Cure.
Dr Glenn was in the clinic and Dr. Mike was in the OR. The audiologists
were busy doing hearing exams and fitting hearing aids. Dr. Mary, the Cure anesthesiologist and Sue,
our nurse anesthetist, went to a government hospital for the morning to help
teach the nurse anesthetists there.
In the
afternoon, Dr. Glenn and I flew to Mekele, in the North of the country to visit
a relatively new medical school and hospital.
We met their ENT surgeon a few years ago when he finished his training. He is the only ENT surgeon for the entire
country outside of Addis Ababa. He gave
us a nice tour of the hospital, and we saw a few patients with him. We had a relaxing dinner at the Hill Top
restaurant. Thursday we spent most of
the day there, Dr. Glenn in the clinic and me in the OR with the local surgeons
and nurse anesthetists. We flew back
late afternoon.
Tomorrow is
our last day; hard to believe. We are
all a bit tired, and there are certainly times which are emotionally
draining. We have to remember that we
are helping patients and also helping local providers learn how to give better
care.
Time for
bed!
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