Feeling quite energetic, we had 9 cases booked for today; we had 2 rooms available rather than the the 3 rooms we had yesterday, but we figured we could do it. We did 2 thyroids, and then 2 hernias; after that someone noticed a strange smell suggestive of burning plastic emanating from the far end of the corridor. The electricians came, and determined that there was overheating wire in the newly renovated ceiling; that pretty much shut us down for the day. Everyone's sensibilities were heightened by the tragic fire in Paynesville, a suburb of Monrovia, last night: 27 children perished in a fire in the dormitory of a boarding school. Sadly, the building had no fire exits, and all the windows had security bars on them. 2 children survived, and they have been hospitalized with burns but are expected to survive.
We were told it would be 3 or 4 hours before the electricity was repaired, so we sent almost all of the scheduled patients home. The fix happened sooner than expected, so Jonathan was able to do an endoscopy and dilation on a 3 year old with an esophageal stricture following lye ingestion. While the dilation was successful, it is likely to recur and we are planning to place a gastrostomy tube in the child next week.
We had a fun dinner at the hotel, and now I'm ready to sleep.
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