Sandy"s ICU

Day 2

August 2, 2011 Tuesday

Well many systems fell into place on Day 2…as they frequently do.  We did get bumped for an emergency appendectomy, which is legit.  No fires and thing went smoothly… But I did have a 6-hour recovery. Which really translates into.’SANDY”S PICU prior to going to the Zim version of ICU…. My little 4 months old with a cleft lip that definitely had an upper respiratory infection brewing.. he had a huge plug during surgery which actually prompted an early removal of his breathing tube…he  was impossible to wean off oxygen…and ended up in the ICU.  Mom looked scared but even with a Shona interpreter it was difficult to explain what was happening …but he was doing well when we left the hospital at 19:30…. baby looked at me like he was seeing a ghost…I/m sure I was the first white person he has ever seen…pretty bad since I kept pinching him much of the time the to keep him breathing….I’m sure his mom thought I was a crazy women as well making her baby cry…or throwing him over my knee banging on his back????.... all in a days work in Zimbabwe!

Tired in a good way...long days but good work.