Our first day in the OR went great. Three knee
replacements, three happy patients. All
were second side surgeries in patients who have waited without complaint for
over a year. They did well, all up the night of surgery with the guidance of
Maleesa our Physical Therapist and our unit nurses, sisters Amanda and Katie.
The afternoon brought the welcome return of two Veracruz ortho nurses Lilianna
and Cielo to the 4th floor patient unit. They are well known to us from
previous surgical trips. They know the WalkStrong patient protocols well and
have been enormously helpful getting
patients ready for surgery and caring for them afterwards.
We have a much smaller crew of people with us this
trip(20 instead of 30) so many are performing tasks outside their normal roles.
(Of course that is the norm for mission projects isn't it?!!!). Not
surprisingly, given this amazing group of people, everything has gone
smoothly. Tomorrow we have 4 patients
scheduled. I'll let you know how it goes:-)
MJChristie
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| Katie with Liliana and the other Ortho floor nurses. |
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