Patients waiting to be evaluated by a surgeon.
Sunday - Breakfast at 7. We attended their church service which started at 9 a.m. It was all in spanish but Dr Dersch's nephew, Matt, interpreted the sermon. At the end of their service, they prayed over our "team". It was really very touching.
After lunch, the docs went to evaluate patients and decide who needed what surgery and get them lined up for the week. We were expecting 120 patients to be seen. They were unable to see all of them so allot were told to return on Monday to be seen in between OR cases. While the docs evaluated patients, we sorted through supplies and instruments, getting things ready for the next day.
I don't remember where I was at or what I was doing but Beth or Maggie came up to me and said "We've got an emergency case and you're doing it!" I was like "huh?" I was a bit freaked out but we gathered supplies and off we go to do an appendectomy. I think everyone and their brother came into the room to watch. We did that case with Dr Dersch and Traxler. All went well.
Sometime after we finished the appy, Trey informed me my suitcases had arrived. They had already gotten all of the medical supplies out of them and got those stocked. I was delighted to finally have my razor so I could shave my armpits :) Seriously - I was able to borrow shampoo, conditioner, etc but I was really stressing over what my armpits were gonna look like by Saturday if I didn't have a razor.
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