Amélie
here.
Patty and I
just had the busiest last OR day in Rwanda. We were at King Faisal Hospital,
which is by far the most well-equipped in the country. Trouble is, it’s
obviously not as well equipped as we are at home but cases got quite complex.
We started
off with a simple cysto. No trouble there. The next case was a thoracotomy for
repair of a thoracic spine fracture. Lung isolation and arterial line? Sure,
you got it. Then Patty helped guide a Rwandan staff in doing facet joint
injections for a patient with chronic back pain. No sweat. Or actually, lots of
sweat in the heaviest lead gown I’ve ever worn.
It’s all
added up to an exhausting day.
Thankfully,
we can still enjoy the oasis that is the Serena for another few days.
P.S. I dodged GI illness after the goat brochettes but I’ll be
surprised if I leave Rwanda without malaria. The mosquitoes here have the
stealth of ninjas.
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| helping Paulin with facet joint injection |
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| It will be hard to leave Kigali... |
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