In our introductions at devotions Tony & Ann mentioned their 6 children & 9 grandchildren, the Pettersens told of their 4 children & 8 grandchildren, so I spoke of Sue being so disappointed not to be here, and then of our three and our granddaughter. My voice was cracking up as I said it. It means alot to me for the home support, amd I miss you all.
Today went well. The first theatre case started at 0905, and the local & visiting team worked well together. We did our Team introductions, and the World Health Organisation Surgical Safety Checklist.
I was joined by Kaan a medical assistant anaesthetist based in the government centre where their anaesthetic machine is broken so he comes up to IcFEM's Dreamland hospital to do orthopaedic procedures, with the excellent equipment that we have to use. He is a Masai Catholic, married to a local Bukusa women, so his family are local to this Western State. He hopes to join us again, but he was called to do a Caesarean section under spinal.
We did three cleft lips, the youngest being four months old and 6.2kg. Our fourth we will do first tomorrow. We had a tea break after the first child was recovering, lunch was provided with bottles of fizzy, so we are well looked after and tonight at the guesthouse we had chicken with roast potatoes (thyme flavoured?) followed by mango crumble.
Three more planned for tomorrow; Tony is weary but coping. The rain started again at 1530 with thunder & lightning, and it is noisy in theatre. Along the road are the maize fields and sugar cane.
As we rest in the lounge, Ann is entering photos onto the laptop, so all the Smile Train records are complete. Three more patients arrived today. The wards are filling up.
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