We had an early morning today. Our team had to gather our medical gear at Hospital del Nino Bustamante and travel to Clinica Guayaquil (the oldest private hospital in the city) in order to set up a new OR today for surgeries. Clinica Guayaquil has been supporting our mission at Hosiptal del Nino Bustamante for the past week and a half by lending equipment and monitoring machines for the PICU room. They extended their support today, by inviting Dr. Chris Gilbert and his surgery team to perform two surgeries on MKI patients. The transition this morning was seamless. MKI travels light and fast! We packed up suitecases with the necessary sutures, gauzes, sterile equipment, and loaded the buses; 45 minutes later we were setting up in our new OR and our first MKI patient of the day, Raphael, was being wheeled into the OR.
PICU UPDATE
Our team is split up, with the ICU team staying at Hospital del Nino Bustamante and the surgery team coming to Clinica Guayaquil. But with donated walkie talkies and cellphones, we're easily keeping track of the two operations.
RECOVERY ROOM UPDATE
The kids are doing well. Genesis is running around. Richard is up and walking around. Our MKI Interns, Jeremy and Jordan, will be playing with the kids later today and getting them ready for our big party tomorrow.
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