He's a whirlwind. Two operating rooms are set up, so when Dr Glenn is operating in one, the other is being set up for the next surgery. He moves between the two rooms. We have a friend on the eye team that says that with Dr Glenn here, everything just moves fast! He also trains local surgeons his techniques for African cataracts.
Dr. Glenn has also operated on 28 children. These cases are more complicated, and they also require general anesthesia. He can't train local doctors for pediatric eye surgery. They just don't have the facilities to do that kind of surgery here. But the changed lives for those 28 children is pretty amazing.
When the children come who have been screened for eye surgery, they are very subdued. They don't smile, or play. They sit quietly with their parents in the waiting area.
We were able to see a video of the children when they come back to the ship a week after their surgery. The nurses have balloons to play with them so they can determine how much they can see. The kids are jumping around playing with the balloons with big smiles! They're excited and giggling!
Their parents see personalities that they didn't know they had! It's like they have new children.
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| One week after surgery |
I don't know if the happy kids with their sunglasses inspired the sunglass pictures of the crew kids, but they sure are cute.
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| Crew kids on deck 8 |
We have loved to see the kids on board. I love watching the families in the dining hall. The little boys race around the deck on their scooters, or play tag.
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| I love to see this little girl eating cheerios with her Dad in the morning.. |
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| OK, this is just really cute. |
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