It is Saturday evening and despite our original plan of starting surgery on Sunday, two of the three physicians began operating at 11 am this morning after completing screening of several additional kids. The need is endless and today, in part , was about prioritizing and figuring out how to deploy the resources we have to the greatest benefit. Medical records champions, Ruthann Randall and Haley Bye are doing a great job of keeping the patient information straight. This is our first year of the Mission Partners Program, and we are honored to have Jennifer Malaret, Mary Moore and Kim Poplawski with us to observe, learn, and roll up their sleeves as full-fledged working cogs in the wheel. And every set of hands are needed.
Today we screened 8 children from local orphanages, and all are being operated on tomorrow, including a 13 year old boy who has lived a life of being teased by other children. When the woman who runs the orphanage, a warm woman in her 60's, came into recovery to ease Joshua's anxiety, she burst into tears with gratefullness.
Tomorrow's surgeries, three very full schedules with three surgeons, Tim Lander, Steve Muehlstedt and Dave Vandersteen and anesthesiologist, Ryan Rekuski,pediatrician, Dave Tetzlaff, plus all of the Crnas, Lynn Randall, Denise Blankenship, Celeste Gaiser, Danielle Patti, OR Nursing staff, Mary Johnson, Charlee Kimmes, Leon Randall, nurses on the pediatric ward, Patience Kankeh, Theresa Reichert and Louann Randall, the recovery room staff, Mary Bye, Dody Barr,and Katie Houle, nursing coordinator, Lora Stege Koppel and a number of support professionals including CSI board member and logistics coordinator, John Hehre going top speed promises to be a full day.
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