I started the day bright and early today, headed to the hospital to do rounds. There were no surgeries today as the fistula team took a well deserved day off. This also allowed the gyn team to do their surgeries, since there are only two operating rooms and the fistula team requires both. I spent … More Day 7: Headed to the chimpanzees

Today I continued to work on all the little jobs that pop up as the mission goes on. One of the women (Donatha) had a very long surgery yesterday–8 hours. She had a complicated problem that required an abdominal surgery. She had a 103 degree fever this morning, which made us worried that she might … More Day 5

I am writing this on Thursday as I was too tired to write last night. My duties always slow down at this point as we have nearly finished seeing patients in the clinic. The team is now focused on operating and monitoring the patients who have had surgery. My tasks now include filing, ensuring medications … More Day 4

It’s so very late and I must get to bed, but I wanted to write a little. Today was a good day. We were able to see many more patients and the team began operating today. We will have 5 women to visit in the post-op area tomorrow. We will give them ibuprofen (Advil) and … More Day 2

In case you are new to my blog, this is my third year working with IOWD on a medical mission to Rwanda to treat women with a childbirth related injury called fistula. I won’t recap all the same details as in prior years, so if you feel lost, go back to day 1 in 2016 … More Day 1: We begin