Post by Armen Chalian Armenians have the most beautiful eyes, expressive and innocent. These children have come from all over the country hoping to change their fate. Little Narine who’s hand and fingers were burned and transformed into a scared ball of flesh, now has an open hand with
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October 30: Jed’s Symphony!
Post by Susan Gertmenian It’s only Jed’s 3rd day of teaching in Yerevan, and he’s already conducting his orchestra in perfect unison! Beneath the bright glow of 6 surgical lights with a small speaker crooning “I Won’t Go Home Without You…..” softly in the background, three young, skilled
Wednesday – October 30 A letter from Paul
Post by Paul Quintana A Letter Home Email Blog Well, today is, well,not really sure, what day it is. The trip here is noted elsewhere but twas long and tiresome. Spent Sunday in clinic (screening patients). See elsewhere on blog for details. As a pediatrician, I
Tuesday – October 29th “I’m melting”
Post by Irene Landry Every Plasticos trip involves its own challenges. One is sterilization of supplies and instruments and each country seems to have a different system. In the US, steam sterilization is the norm for metal, with instruments wrapped in special wrap, then autoclaved at high temperature with
Tuesday – October 29th Visit from Ambassador
Post by Eileen Asahi Today we were honored by the visit of the American Ambassador to Armenia, John A. Heffern. He came to show his support of the work we are doing, and to offer his heartfelt thanks and encouragement not only for the surgeries we are performing, but
Quick thoughts from screening day
Post by Dennis Gertmenian We have interviewed and examined over 100 children. All the children are very cute. But the children from the orphanages are very special. We have found that the orphanage caregivers are very loving and kind. Our Team mates Bob and Ruth Ann Burns with a nun
International Plastic Surgery Symposium in Armenia
A number of the Plasticos Team Members presented information at an International Plastic Surgery Symposium. In the photo above, Dr. Horowitz gives a lecture about Plasticos Foundation, and discusses their past mission to Armenia in 2011. The photo displays from left to right: Susi Gertmenian (one of the Trip Coordinators)
Monday – October 28th First day of surgery
From Monica Karamian, Recovery Room Nurse One of the most important aspects of pediatric care is what happens after the child leaves the hospital. In order to make sure all post op instructions are understood by the families, education is started in recovery room by the recovery room nurses.
Sunday, October 27th – Patient Screening Day
Post by Eileen Asahi We have 98 children on our list to screen for this weeks surgeries. Most likely, we will be able to do 50-80 surgeries within the timeframe that we have. Patients are scheduled to arrive either at 9am, 11am or 1pm. We have our stations all set up and are
Saturday, October 26 – Set up at Hospital
Post by Eileen Asahi Irene, Ho, Rachel, Dr. Horowitz, Monica, and Dr. Burns setting up OR supply room. OR Supply Room All Set Up! We planned on all of our medical supplies being delivered at 10 am at the hospital after clearing customs. Unfortunately, there was a bit of difficulty going through