Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 10
Kijabe, Kenya Our surgery finished, four of us drove out to Mount Longonot National Park to climb the volcano that towers over the Rift Valley in front of the ENT Ho...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 9
Kijabe, Kenya Michael recovered fully from a brief illness yesterday. About half the team has been sick on one day or another. Today I performed a revision bilat...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 8
Maasai Mara, Kenya The Keekorak Lodge is an open air hotel within the animal park. I was awakened several times last night by animal noises, as well as shouts from...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 7
Maasai Mara, Kenya We left the hotel before dawn to catch the early morning activity. A jackal was tearing at the remains of a wildebeest, while buzzards and Marabu...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 6
Maasai Mara, Kenya Our first day off started briskly at 6:10 am when I arose for hospital discharge rounds. Four patients have high fevers, and we are working them u...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 5
We finished the last of our surgeries for the week today. My partner was Will Porter, a solo otolaryngologist from Fargo, North Dakota. Our patient Hibo is a two yea...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 4
The success of the ENT cleft team at Kijabe is dependent upon the collaboration of several evangelical and humanitarian organizations. The volunteers on the ENT cleft...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 3
Today I worked with Grady Arnold, an experienced surgeon from Tennessee, who has volunteered for the past 13 out of 15 years. We repaired two cleft lips and one clef...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 2
New photos added from Day 2 of our mission in Kijabe Kenya: Visit our Facebook Photo Album...
Kenya Mission 2011 – Day 1
After a nice breakfast of sausage and omelets, we drove west through the slums of Nairobi to the hillside mission town of Kijabe. After unpacking and sorting all of t...