I just arrived in Cali, where I have had my first oportunity to rest since the start of the mission. We have been doing marathon surgical sessions of 16 hours a day. Start our days at 6:30Am and finish at 12 midnigth or 1AM. The last thing I thought about was a blog.
We have accomplished a tremendous success. Almost 200 surgeries, 150 of them ophthalmological. about 70 pterygiectomies, 50 cataracts and 30 laser trabeculoplasties. WE also refracted and handed out 150 pairs of lions glasses, an activity that continue locally after our departure.
It has been an enormously rewarding trip. Somehow, seen each blind patient waiting for surgery made me forget the pain and total axhaustion of sitting hour after hour in the microscope.
I feel more blessed than ever that God has given me the means, the knowledge, the inclination and the physical stamina to help the beautiful people of Tumaco, Colombia.
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