Saturday, March 12, 2011

Our day started early today.  We were at the hospital by 7:30a so that Dr. Zellers could check on our cardiac cath cases from yesterday, and to get our two cath cases for the day started earlier.  Heylin, who had a diagnostic echo done Thursday, had a baloon cath done to widen her pulmonary artery.  The second case was Issac who was having a patent ductus closed.  Both children did wonderful during their procedures, and Heylin was sent home by 4pm.
Our number of cases was much less than expected today.  We think it was because of the amount of rain yesterday, which impedes travel here.  Jexial was the first echo to check on his stint, placed yesterday.  He was doing great!
We saw several children with Downs Syndrome, where cardiac problems are common.  There were many very small babies early in the day also.  At the end of the day we had to 18 year olds who had murmers their entire lives. We were excited to be able to tell several families that their children would be fine without any interventions.  All the others...will be able to be helped, hopefully, in the fall.
We were joined today by Dr. Paz, who is in training to become a cardiac surgeon.  He is Honduran, and is being supported in his education by the Friends of Barnabas Foundation.  He is a great guy, and we really enjoyed having him with us.
This evening we are being treated to dinner at the home of Dr. Fonseca, who is a cardiologist at Cemesa Hospital.  We are looking forward to a fun evening, and an early trip home tomorrow.
Thanks for all  your prayers and support. 

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