Today was a fun busy day. They did two cath cases who came out on my shift and one surgery where they worked on two valves. The little boy is Ian and he was pretty sick going into surgery. It is amazing to be witness to these miraculous recoveries. They OR team was really worried about him but as we see so much here he had his breathing tube out several hours later. For those on Facebook we have a Hearts of East Africa Facebook page with a great video of him singing and pretending to drive a car. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up. As he tells you on the video :)
The second case came out late, Jemima. She was apparently doing quite well. We were actually supposed to repair her two years ago and she got bumped last minute. I talked to her mother today who told me she still had the beads we had given her two years ago. If we didn't do surgery on her this ear she likely wouldn't have made it another year.
We sent our first two patients to the wards. They were both such cute little ladies. Faith finally smiled for us once we pulled out her chest tubes. But prudence was still holding onto a mean scowl. She literally sat up in bed for the first five hours of the day looking very stern. Such a trip!!
Here is a picture of Faith
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