by Tyson | Apr 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Life in Bolivia is a guarantee to have many opportunities to practice patience. Our current opportunity is waiting on a new transformer to arrive from La Paz. It was very frustrating to have Guillermo have to undergo anesthesia only to have the transformer blow and...
by Tyson | Apr 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
After all the big build-up to this procedure, they put Guillermo under this morning, took him in to start the procedure, and their imaging equipment didn’t work! My first question was, “Didn’t they check that beforehand?”. Maybe they did....
by Tyson | Apr 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
They had been playing dolls for a bit, and I just happened to be able to catch them kicking back and relaxing while watching some of the other kids play. (And a btw, those plastic bags in the background are filled with plastic balls, not garbage. We still...
by Tyson | Apr 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
For what they lack in decoration, the hospital makes up in great staff.Since there weren’t any doctors around, he was in a great mood!I don’t remember which team brought the ‘dressing buddy’, but he has been a great friend to Guillermo-...
by Tyson | Mar 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
So I need to apologize for the ‘lost in translation’ moment when they explained what they were going to be doing for Guillermo this week. They are actually going to be putting a catheter in and injecting dye into his circulatory system to better evaluate...
by Tyson | Mar 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Guillermo will be entering the hospital early tomorrow morning to start the tests and preparations for the first phase of his surgery. The actual procedure is scheduled for Thursday and involved connecting a shunt to two arteries essentially bypassing the damaged area...
