The last day of this trip...Deidre and I did a 5 year old boy with undescended testes, and then Deidre and Daniel fittingly ended by taking care of 5 year old Princess with her ruptured appendix. We said our goodbyes to the OR staff and the residents, and Professor Freeman, and Mary. We collected and packed up the 2 broken colonoscopes and the 2 broken dermatomes to bring home and try to get repaired. We ended up running late, so we didn't have time to go souvenir shopping and I felt bad about that for Deidre and Daniel, but since they are both saying that they really want to come back, I guess they will have another chance !
I think the final total is 51 cases on this trip; I think that is quite remarkable, and a testament to the OR staff for truly stepping up and working hard to get things done. I believe that we added a dimension to the education of the Liberian residents that they would not have otherwise received, and that is our main purpose. Without doubt it was an eye-opening and surgically enriching experience for Deidre and Daniel; having residents from different programs had unexpected benefits also.
Hard to believe that in just 6 months we will be back again !
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