How embarassing is this....months later I am finishing up my blog from Paraguay. Luckily I write notes as I go throughout the day so I can blog later. As I read the notes now I am amazed at the recall of these people whose lives mine crossed for a brief moment but they have changed my life forever.
Fridays or the last days of missions are usually less busy, typically no palates as the team would not be there for any potential problems in the next 48 hours. We got our T Shirts & took our team pictire in front of the hospital. As the most "senior" nurse in the PACU I did evaluations on all the local nurses. I got input from Brooke & then sat down with each of them. After things settled down we all worked quite well together & really they could probably do an "in country" or local" mission next time.
We did 17 patients total today & 5 cute babies. I took a photo of another sweet, sweet dad with his baby girl 8 months old Dani. This was another situation where the mom had rejected the baby wheb she was born with a bilateral cleft lip & the daddy took her & cared for her. The mom was not at all involved. He was so sweet - he told me he has to be the mom & the dad & that she is such a blessing to him. Well that of course made me teary. I hugged him & in my broken spanish told him he was a "papa muy bueno". He works an hour away from where he lives & his sister helps him with Dani. It was such a tender scene.
We also did a little spitfire 3 year old with a cleft lip - her name was Luana but we called her "little blondie" she was beautiful. She was atwin & her sister had a cleft lip & palate repair at this mission site last year but Luana was sick at the time & couldnt have surgery...but...good things do come to those who wait & she got her surgery this year. Her mom was very teary when she saw her & said "now she is pretty like her sister" :)
One of our last patients was #348 Victor a 16 year old who was just screened YESTERDAY after someone told him OSI was here & he got surgery today - talk about great timing! His mom called him a "blessed boy" & tolsd us "gracias para todo" & "you are Gods hands". He woke up very quickly & was super hungry - just as any teenager would be!
At the end of the day we packed up & all of a sudden I noticed a bunch of LDS missionaries helping us pack & move the boxes. Apparently 40-50 of them were here the 2 days before we arrived unloading all the cargo...the locals said they had a "Mormon Army of Missionaries" I took a photo of the 2 Elders helping us - one from Utah & one from Idaho & emailed the photo & a quick note to their families.
When we got back to the hotel I took Elaine to the Paraguay temple to check in - yes my VERY BAD & VERY BROKEN Spanish got us a cab, got us there, we found the temple patron apartments where she will stay, dropped her luggage then went over & wa;\lked around the temple grounds. Its amazing that no matter where you are in the world you can feel the beautiful spirit of the temple as soon as you set foot on the grounds - it was wonderful & a swwet reminder to me that these missions are part of Gods plan for my life.
We gor back just in time to change for the final party - it was at a "clubhouse" an hour away - it was nice but I was tired so after about 2 hours of fun a few of us took a cab back. My flight in the morning us super early so I have to be on the 5 am bus back to the airport - it is still going to be a short night!
I continue to be so grateful for these opportunities to serve these sweet wonderful children of God in different parts of the world...I am blessed!
Fridays or the last days of missions are usually less busy, typically no palates as the team would not be there for any potential problems in the next 48 hours. We got our T Shirts & took our team pictire in front of the hospital. As the most "senior" nurse in the PACU I did evaluations on all the local nurses. I got input from Brooke & then sat down with each of them. After things settled down we all worked quite well together & really they could probably do an "in country" or local" mission next time.
We did 17 patients total today & 5 cute babies. I took a photo of another sweet, sweet dad with his baby girl 8 months old Dani. This was another situation where the mom had rejected the baby wheb she was born with a bilateral cleft lip & the daddy took her & cared for her. The mom was not at all involved. He was so sweet - he told me he has to be the mom & the dad & that she is such a blessing to him. Well that of course made me teary. I hugged him & in my broken spanish told him he was a "papa muy bueno". He works an hour away from where he lives & his sister helps him with Dani. It was such a tender scene.
We also did a little spitfire 3 year old with a cleft lip - her name was Luana but we called her "little blondie" she was beautiful. She was atwin & her sister had a cleft lip & palate repair at this mission site last year but Luana was sick at the time & couldnt have surgery...but...good things do come to those who wait & she got her surgery this year. Her mom was very teary when she saw her & said "now she is pretty like her sister" :)
One of our last patients was #348 Victor a 16 year old who was just screened YESTERDAY after someone told him OSI was here & he got surgery today - talk about great timing! His mom called him a "blessed boy" & tolsd us "gracias para todo" & "you are Gods hands". He woke up very quickly & was super hungry - just as any teenager would be!
At the end of the day we packed up & all of a sudden I noticed a bunch of LDS missionaries helping us pack & move the boxes. Apparently 40-50 of them were here the 2 days before we arrived unloading all the cargo...the locals said they had a "Mormon Army of Missionaries" I took a photo of the 2 Elders helping us - one from Utah & one from Idaho & emailed the photo & a quick note to their families.
When we got back to the hotel I took Elaine to the Paraguay temple to check in - yes my VERY BAD & VERY BROKEN Spanish got us a cab, got us there, we found the temple patron apartments where she will stay, dropped her luggage then went over & wa;\lked around the temple grounds. Its amazing that no matter where you are in the world you can feel the beautiful spirit of the temple as soon as you set foot on the grounds - it was wonderful & a swwet reminder to me that these missions are part of Gods plan for my life.
We gor back just in time to change for the final party - it was at a "clubhouse" an hour away - it was nice but I was tired so after about 2 hours of fun a few of us took a cab back. My flight in the morning us super early so I have to be on the 5 am bus back to the airport - it is still going to be a short night!
I continue to be so grateful for these opportunities to serve these sweet wonderful children of God in different parts of the world...I am blessed!
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