Last day of R&R followed by1st day of Surgery

On Sunday we went to a Country Club about a 30 minute bus drive from our hotel. This place was amazing, someone said it was a 5 star resort, sure seemed like it, just take a look at the pictures. Paraguay opens their arms to us, the owner of this resort allowed our team to spend the day with all you can eat buffet at no charge. What a great day we had







Got up Monday at 5am after getting to bed around 10:30 after our team meeting. Got on the bus at 615 to arrive at 645 for the 1st day of surgery. The patients arrived last night, were given a bath and spent the night in the hospital in the Pre-op area, after surgery they go across the hall to post-op. When we arrived they had the first 5 patients ready to go downstairs for surgery. This was a pretty relaxing time as the night shift nursing staff did a great job.

A family and patient I got close to, I played ball with him and we had a great time. His surgery went great, hopefully I'll have another picture posted tomorrow.









A typical window bed in a room of 4 beds, notice the IV pole on the wall.




I had a volunteer from Peru (biomed), come up and check the defibrillator, I was amazed how he checked it out. Yes, he did charged the defibrillator and lit the bulb.



Emergency room I set up on the 2nd floor



We got back to the hotel at 730, jumped in the shower and went a few doors down to a great french restaurant. I got soup, lamb, potatoes and a beer for under $20, it was yummy. It's now 10:30, gotta get to bed for another long day on Tuesday, all is well. Enjoy life