Wednesday Evening

I'm done w/ surgery for the evening. We've operated till 7 each night, but the next two days aren't quite as busy I think. We're running out of clefts, but managed to fill up tomorrow plus a salivary gland. One of our palates from today is oozing, so we're pacing around, packing the mouth. He's pretty sleepy still, the last one we did tonight.

I'm backtracking and posting pics of the hotel where we stayed in Guatemala City. It was top notch with beautiful furnishings, wonderful breakfast buffet. We rode 8 hours in 2 tour buses to Huehue the next morning so had a nice night of orientation, etc when we first got here. The bus ride was long, much of

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it 4 lane highways through rural areas. One of the bus stops included the lady making tortillas.
We haven't gotten outside the compound here and in fact they are quite ademant that we don't leave. The OB (high risk) w/ his crew went out to meet with the midwife equivalents. They are only trained by their own family and friends so have a lot to learn. 75% of babies are born at home so when they get to the hospital it's often an emergency. They have a 50% c-section rate. They made little backpack kits for the midwives to help them with deliveries.

Well, it's only 9, but I'm ready for bed. I've missed the chance for a shower, but I can do it in the am instead of boot camp workout!!! :) NN