2017 Pereira, Colombia
Pereira, Colombia 2017 – Day 2
Pereira, Colombia
Preparing for surgery. Surgeries begin. Read More »
Pereira, Colombia 2017 – Day 3
Pereira, Colombia
Surgeons do their best to lighten the mood and make everyone relax. The bravery displayed by these children is inspiring. Read More »
Pereira, Colombia 2017 – Day 4
Pereira, Colombia
Meet America. She is six years old and lives in Colombia. America was born with six toes on her left foot. At our first day clinic, she confided in Dr. Todd Farnworth that life at school was difficult fo... Read More »
Pereira, Colombia 2017 – Last Days
Pereira, Colombia
Baby whisperer in PACU In real life, Mark is a software engineer. On the Rotaplast mission to Pereira, he is the PACU assistant. The PACU is the unit that recovers the patients after surgery. Anyone that h... Read More »
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Day 6 – Going Home
After breakfast, several team members met with Dr. Elizondo to discuss the mission and future opportunities for Rotaplast to work with them. He expressed thanks to the Rotaplast team for coming and assis... Read More »
Day 5 – Last Day of...
Several more surgeries were performed on this last day. Perhaps one of the most under-rated, yet most valuable aspects of surgery is that of anesthesia. On television and in the movies, the anesthesiolog... Read More »