Our Dominicana mammis, Lucialla and Maria, never fail to surprise us. Our team woke up this morning (our last full day) to the sound of a sizzling skillet and the sweet smell of butter milk pancakes. As Tom from New Zealand, Ahmed from Lebanon, Alex from Russia, Joanne from Guam, and our other team members from coast to coast sat around the room eating the delicious pancakes, team leader John joked that this, "was really the International House of Pancakes." Fully fed, the team head to the hospital to complete 5 last operations (making the final number of surgeries this week 33). Finishing around 6:30 pm, we scrabbled to make it to the Auberge, the Four Seasons of Port-au-Prince, for our 7 pm dinner reservation.
Our final feast together, we kept with the Operation Rainbow tradition and gave out awards to each team member. Though we typically distribute the team t-shirts at the beginning of our trip, we decided to switch things up a bit. This year our 18 team members had to work for their navy blue Team Sinai Operation Rainbow tees. With their award, they were also granted a team tee.
Another post to come tomorrow,
BH
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| Our team gathered on the hospital's front steps (with the exception of Tina--our hardest worker busy in pre-op) |
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| Gina accepting her Operation Rainbow award |
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| The surgical team from USA |
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| John and the Hispanolia Islanders |
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