Surgery

Next week I'm going to witness something cool. I haven't decided which surgeries I'm going to watch, but the surgeons are more than happy to show off and explain things to an ignorant young person who probably won't be able to watch surgeries anywhere else (well, at least not in the states). I'm going to ask around and find out which surgeries will be the best to watch, and then go watch those. The only thing is I have to get better before going into the OR.

Yesterday morning I woke up and felt stuff draining down the back of my throat and it didn't get any better as the day went on. Last night it wasn't too bad, and this morning it felt fine, but now it stopped draining down the back of my throat and started draining down my nose, and I haven't decided which I dislike more. So far it's just the nose though and I'm going to go swimming as soon as I get back to Maji and loose a couple pounds of snot in the water and should be good to go. I love swimming when I have a cold and always have. It makes me feel so good. Granted, my body might be in a weaker state and less able to fight stuff off, but I feel better for a little while, which is always a bonus to me.

So far things are going really well with the team. They are in a zone and they come to the hospital, do their surgeries, lecture, and swim/shower in the lake. Eating takes a while, but we're eating at 7pm vs. 8 or 8:30 so there is also time to watch a movie if we want. Last night was Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I never get tired of watching that movie. It's so poetic at the end when they annihilate everyone. My favorite part is when they dodge the RPGs. It's like dancing.

I haven't heard anything too bad that the team has faced yet, but there are a couple stories where things didn't go as planned and they fixed it. They are doing a lot of teaching in the OR and the report is today went better than yesterday. Right now is the biggest conflict so far. A routine surgery was being done and they opened up a woman (I think) and it was cancer and nothing routine. They are working on that right now.

And now I'm off to Maji, to swim, and possibly to sleep.