April 9

Tuesday April 9, 2013

Things were in full swing today.  We had clinic, audiology evaluations, surgery at Black Lion hospital, surgery at Cure and lots of requests to see patients.  There were 4 ENT OR cases and about 6 orthopedic cases at Cure, and one at Black Lion.  We had requests to see several patients who heard our team was in town, and there will be more later in the week.  One of our ENT surgeons and Dr. Mary, anesthesiologist at Cure saw several ENT patients at Black Lion hospital to evaluate for possible surgery later this week.

A few team members have been feeling sick, and that is never fun.  We try to look out for each other because it is often hard to figure out why one person gets sick and others don’t.  We so much take for granted in the US that our food and water are safe.  You can’t do that in Ethiopia.  Some people had dinner in the Indian restaurant in the hotel tonight; others of us went to the regular restaurant which had an Asian theme tonight.

It was warm and sunny this afternoon; I don’t think we had rain today.

Tomorrow we have a full OR schedule using all four of Cure’s Operating rooms.  The audiology team will go to the school for the deaf to evaluate patients.  It is hard to believe that tomorrow is Wednesday.  I am trying to learn a few words in Amharic.  Every day I try to learn one more.  I am sure that I am providing comic relief to those who hear me try to say a few words!