Wichita Falls Team Surgery Day 3

Just when we were getting discouraged and starting to think we weren't going to get many surgeries, the whole world showed up. Of course, it happened on the last day of surgery (we had already shortened the week by one day to account for the low patient turnout in the first two days). And it also happened on the day that some of the key players on the team are getting Guatemala Gut. Oh well.

So it'll probably be a late evening of operating, trying to get in all of the patients who showed up today. It turns out that word of mouth spread the news faster than any of the advertising the hospital claims to have done. Some things to think about.

Anyway, tomorrow, the bulk of the team will leave in the morning and head to Panajachel to do some shopping and tourist-ing. Dr. Horth, Dr. Gonzalez, and Wendy will go to ASELSI with Matt and do clinic there. After clinic, Matt will take them to meet up with the rest of the team in Panajachel. Then they'll be off to Antigua.

Then it'll be weird and quiet here again. We'd better enjoy the day or two of quiet, though, because on Saturday we're back in the saddle. We'll go out to Canilla for clinic there, back to San Andres on Sunday, then off to Chinique on Monday. We'll be doing some marathon clinics for a few weeks to get caught up on everybody, we're sure, and things will probably go a little slower because we'll be stopping to feed Isaac every two hours (or less - based on the last two days!!!)

Now we have some pics of the team - enjoy!!!