These past few days have been marvelous. I saw my first official Ballywood movie and cried lke a baby during it. I also got to see the fruits of the donations people made for my trip as we observed two cataract surgeries. About 36 sight-saving surgeries were provided by those who contributed. Thank you all!
The procedure was similar to the one performed in the US. Apparently about 15 years ago an opthalmologist had a dentist appointment, and while the dentist was buzzing away with an ultrasonic probe, the eye doctor thought, "shoot, why don't we use one of those?" This revolutionize the way cataracts are treated and made it one of the most common and successful surgeries in the world. The cataract just means that the proteins in the lens of your eye have gone bad and opaque, so they break it up gently, suck it up with a vaccuum, and replace it with a man-made lens. Boom; in 20 minutes you went from blind to seeing. Pretty amazing stuff.
We three volunteers got the chance to perform this surgery on a mounted goat, twice, with the Doctor telling us what to do. It was amazing!!! Truly a mind-blowing experience.
We visitted one of the local volunteers' family parties for a 4-year-oldbirthday party. Every one was friendly and kind and it felt like a big Indian Cocoa Cafe. Most indian families these days have two kids from what i've seen. This family had like 10 kids a generation ago, and it was fun to see the result. It made me excited for future Mortenson family reunions when we have all grown up. These were faithful hindi people with a wonderful love for eachother and a great spirit in their home. Around this time I read in Jacob 2 and the words struck me.
We visited the busiest, most happening beach I have ever seen. This would be one of the beaches where the tsunami once hit, I believe. It was like the county fair, on a beach.
Last night we went out to eat at a Hotel (that's what they call a restaurant) and sampled all kinds of interesting delicious indian food that was amazingly cheap compared to the US. Then I spent a good part of the night moving back and forth between the bathroom and the bed. I am resting and recovering this morning. It wasnt too terrible, but times like these help you apprecciate being healthy.
Duty calls! I love you alls, and I'll see you soon.
P.Mo
The procedure was similar to the one performed in the US. Apparently about 15 years ago an opthalmologist had a dentist appointment, and while the dentist was buzzing away with an ultrasonic probe, the eye doctor thought, "shoot, why don't we use one of those?" This revolutionize the way cataracts are treated and made it one of the most common and successful surgeries in the world. The cataract just means that the proteins in the lens of your eye have gone bad and opaque, so they break it up gently, suck it up with a vaccuum, and replace it with a man-made lens. Boom; in 20 minutes you went from blind to seeing. Pretty amazing stuff.
We three volunteers got the chance to perform this surgery on a mounted goat, twice, with the Doctor telling us what to do. It was amazing!!! Truly a mind-blowing experience.
We visitted one of the local volunteers' family parties for a 4-year-oldbirthday party. Every one was friendly and kind and it felt like a big Indian Cocoa Cafe. Most indian families these days have two kids from what i've seen. This family had like 10 kids a generation ago, and it was fun to see the result. It made me excited for future Mortenson family reunions when we have all grown up. These were faithful hindi people with a wonderful love for eachother and a great spirit in their home. Around this time I read in Jacob 2 and the words struck me.
We visited the busiest, most happening beach I have ever seen. This would be one of the beaches where the tsunami once hit, I believe. It was like the county fair, on a beach.
Last night we went out to eat at a Hotel (that's what they call a restaurant) and sampled all kinds of interesting delicious indian food that was amazingly cheap compared to the US. Then I spent a good part of the night moving back and forth between the bathroom and the bed. I am resting and recovering this morning. It wasnt too terrible, but times like these help you apprecciate being healthy.
Duty calls! I love you alls, and I'll see you soon.
P.Mo
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