Namaste!
Day 4 started with a wonderful breakfast buffett of mushroom omelette, sausages, veggie stir fry, toast, ham and stir fry pig liver.... Needless to say the liver dish was full after our team of 12 were done eating!
After fueling up for the day, we started our trek to the Hospital. On the way we observed a typical Monday commute filled with motorcycles, tractors, buses, taxis, and cows. The local butcher shop keeps there goats in the front of the shop,one of the spotted black one was sleeping against the fence, so cute. The puppies were playing with each other amongst the dust and trash on the side of the road.
As we approached our team room to get our day started, a few of our patients were out of the ward sitting on the benches getting some much needed sun light. We were greeted with Namastes and good mornings!
After setting up and preparing for our surgery day, which included a forefoot reconstruction and a rearfoot fusion, we did morning rounds with our fabulous team doctor and made sure everyone was comfortable with their pain controlled.
Carl, Marc, Steve and I had a meeting with our gracious hosts to discuss plans for next years trip in which we discussed possibly going out to the mountains for their mission trip. We also discussed patient recruitment and they requested a poster of foot and ankle deformities as an educational tool. We will work on putting together a great visual to send to NOH soon.
Our team dinner was planned for the evening so after our surgeries were done, our meeting was over and the patients were rounded on, our team went off into the Kathmandu valley to explore the amazing city.
Jason and I stayed back at the hotel and enjoyed the wildlife in our backyard including the monkey on our roof, the deer on the course and the birds in the air. It was a peaceful view 5 minutes from the hustle and bustle of Jorpati.
Our joint HTC-NOH-Nepalgung team dinner was at Hotel Tibet International on the roof top restaurant overlooking the stuppah. The whiskey and wine were free and the appetizers were making their rounds as people trickled in. Jason brought his guitar and started playing around the room. Dr Prakash with the specs offered to play a traditional Nepali song on the guitar and we were treated to a beautiful sing a long. The conversations were great as we heard of people's mission trips and vacations, mingling with the Nepalgung team was great as we were reunited with the best OR nurse ever. Bojan Kuure was embarking on her 88th mission since 1988!!!!! She deserves a medal and I think that will be my mission once I'm back stateside. It was also a chance to say goodbye to part of our team as Jackie, Bo, Marc and Steve head off to Nepalgung tomorrow.
We took a great team photo on the rooftop in our Team HTC-NOH shirts!
Alas Jason and I had to cut out early as 4 whiskey on an empty stomach can make anyone a little drunk....Jason, not me ;)
Looking forward to a great Tuesday, we have four cases, one of which we will have the medical director scrubbing in with us!
Til tomorrow
Peace Dr. Jennifer
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