Hi all!
After unpacking all of our supplies and working out some kinks, we successfully completed our first case, and he is recovering nicely in the ICU. We jumped in feet first Monday after our long journey, and are well on our way to a very busy week. In the late afternoon yesterday we reviewed all the cases for the week, made a few adjustments, agreed to one early admission, and we all now have a pretty good idea what our week will look like. You can't move forward without taking on (and conquering) some challenges, so we will admit a baby tomorrow morning to the ICU for some "fine-tuning" prior to her case on Thursday. She might be our challenge.
Everyone is adjusting quite well here and I am proud of everyones very hard work. Who else but a bunch of crazy healt care workers from different parts of the World can come together, and within a few hours of meeting each other, without too many issues, do Heart surgery!?
And in keeping with last year's philosophy of "Adapt and Overcome", and "Where's my Ascom?", we all just simply, got things done and organized for our week, what a great team!
And on a less serious note, apparently some late night swimming happened, (not a lifeguard to be found), I was NOT involved, but it sure was amusing watching people unwind!
I missed all of the crazy bird sounds, especially the one that sounds identical to a car alarm : )
Africa, is truly an amazing place.
Hope all is well for everyone back home.
Sister Lynda
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