This is John White, the team blogger and photographer for Team Hope in Motion! Thanks for reading along as I share some news and highlights from our week-long trip, plus some photographs of the team in action.
Today the team of approximately 45 for Team Hope in Motion has arrived in Guatemala City and then took an almost two-hour bus ride to Antigua, and specifically to our abode, Quinta de las Flores. Beyond some normal flight delays, the travel was uneventful and everyone got settled into our rooms and had a great orientation from Andres Garcia from Faith in Practice. He covered the current Covid protocol in Antigua and the basic guidelines for the format of the mission. Yvonne from Faith in Practice also gave us an appreciation for the 31 local community leaders, staff at the hospital, warehouse and Casa de Fey where the patients stay before and after their surgical procedures.
We have a very nice mix of Orthopedic Surgeons who specialize in hip, knee and foot and ankle surgery, as well as anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, physical therapists, nurses and logistics folks. This year we have 5 operating rooms and the goal is to perform 80 procedures during the four operative days.
We had a nice group dinner and are excited to spend the day tomorrow looking more carefully at the patients and performing pre-op work ups, organizing the week of surgeries, and organizing the equipment need to do the procedures. Over the next few days, I will be featuring various stories and remarks from team members and patients that we meet. Right now, many of us are getting to know each other for the first time.
Stay tuned for more, and thanks for your support.
-John
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