We are currently residing at Clinic Ezell for the week. The clinic is on the coastal plains but still two hours from the ocean. We drove through some beautiful country on the way down from the Highlands. It is definitly a tad bit hotter here but the grounds and facility are amazing. God has blessed this ministry and allowed it to reach many Guatemalans. There is a plastic and ob/gyn surgery team here till Friday. A typical day begins with surgery around 8:00 till anywhere from 5:00-7:00. The plastic surgeon has been correcting cleft lips. Which is pretty amazing because one of the youngest patients is about 4 months old. Consults arrive around 12:00 and are seen in between cases for the next day. I had the opportunity to work in recovery last night from 11p to 7a. I got to see what all goes into taking care of a recovering surgery patient. The little ones are adorable but it isn't much fun when they are in pain. But luckily any problems were resolved quickly and it was a pretty quiet night. Nicole was lonely without me. She is currently observing/assisting with surgery while I am supposed to be going to bed. Fortunately the internet is faster in the morning, so I am taking advantage of that. All of the surgeons, nurses, and students are great. We have enjoyed meeting new people but sometimes we feel like 10 year olds at summer camp because everyone knows everyone else. So we are trying to be outgoing, so far so good. By the end of the week about about 40 surgeries will have been performed.
That's all I have probably Nicole will give better information later. She's pretty creative. I'm glad we are sharing this experience together. It is a very mind rearranging event.
I'm off to get some sleep. I miss everyone!
Courtyard at Clinic Ezell- Our room is on the left
Entrance to the clinic
This is Manuel- He had a cleft lip repaired. He was rescued by his adopted mom.
They rode to Clinic Ezell with us from Chichi.
Mary and Jose (a plastics patient- he had a rough night but is much better
this morning)
The scenery on the way to Clinic Ezell- Hopefully we will get to visit this lake with Lisa and Kimmell in our last few days in Guatemala. They have prosmised to be our tour guides :)
They said we get to take a speed boat ride across to some small towns.
We are very excited!!!!
Nicole in her surgery get-up. She's smiling in case you were wondering.
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