Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 - Medical and Surgical team saw patients closer to the home base in Riobamba. Ofcourse it was a busy day, but it was also the last day of patient care. After all was said and done, the medical/pediatric/optometry/dental team will have seen over 700 patients that would not have gotten care otherwise.
The surgical team operated on 16 patients today… one of them the 7 year old cousin of the 14 year old. The best the 7 year old could do was see shadow of fingers and blind in the other eye and that eye could not be fixed. Of course we were nervous about operating on his one eye where he could at least see shadows. After multiple consultations amongst ourselves, arguing the pros and cons of performing the sight restoring surgery, we felt strongly we could give the child a chance to see again. So much could go wrong… infection, pain, loss of the eye.
Post-op day 1… he was now able to see 20/100. Mom was committed to giving the child eye drops every 2 hours until it was deemed stable. Fingers crossed that he would continue to get even better.
I hope that this years successes and pictures help everyone seeing and reading these posts understand how much need is out there and how much your and donations are needed to take care of our fellow neighbors. It is only with our friends, family, and supporter’s help that we are able to provide the care that people desparately need.
Everyone that we touch is someone’s father, mother, son, or daughter. Everyone deserves a chance to have better health and to regain independence and see again.
