Some More Pictures of Our Week in Perú

As we finish our week, here are some more pictures

Yeshua had cleft palate surgery. The parents travelled one day to get to the clinic.

Dr. Horowitz with Yeshua and his Dad

Brittany had lip revision from previous surgery

Lipoma in the armpit of a male

Surgery to remove sixth toe

Normal Foot Wrapped Up

Thanks to Saman for all the great pictures and video

Surgery Day 1

Today was our first day of surgeries. All of us were up and running by 8 am and ready to begin our week.  As we arrived patients were already waiting for us outside.  The team was ready to get to work as well as Dr. Jed Horowitz and  Dr. Susan Downey the surgeons.

Below are some pictures of  Dr. Downey performing a skin graft of an eleven year old boy named Miguel, who had a burn scar on the left arm.

Dr. Vinod, Nurse Nealon and Galdámez preparing the patient

Dr. Susan Downey releasing the burn on the patient

Cutting the graft

The graft placed and stitched on the right arm 

Mission to Qoya, Peru April 8–17

We started our trip on Friday afternoon from LAX.  We arrived in Lima around 10:00 pm. local time. All of us were tired but our spirits were high. We spent the night at the Ramada hotel near the airport.  Early today after breakfast we met for a short time to go over some of the logistics.  Our departure from Lima was around noon time and arrived in Cusco about an hour later.  We were greeted by Guido and Sandy Del Prado from the Kausay Wasi clinic and some other team members who arrived earlier.  After a short stop at the exchange center and a 45 minute ride, we arrived safely in Coya. We are staying in the guest house managed by Ulrike which is at a walking distance to the clinic.  Sandy and Guido gave us a short orientation on the clinic and other important information.  A short lunch followed and we headed to the clinic to start unpacking and to get ready for tomorrow.

The Coya Guest House

The Clinic

Some of our team members

Guido and Sandy Del Prado