Surgery List & OR Set Up

Since we have a minute, I wanted to catch everyone up on the days events. We starting this morning with the surgery posting. 216 children were seen on Thursday and Friday and 96 have been set for surgery. There are a few on a waiting list depending on how quickly the days go and maybe a few more may be selected. There were no major tears today which was very nice. It is again, a nice scenario here because the kids who were not selected can be taken care of eventually through the OpSmile clinic.

The most exciting news was that we may have Wendy Maria Gutierrez Rodriguez coming to Virginia Beach for Shamrock's Operation Smile Final Mile. She and her parents will stay with the Cooper family and we gave them great reassurance today that they will in great hands. The parents are very excited and the little girl is completely adorable. She is the one in these pictures. We have to process her paperwork, etc. so even if this does not work out, she will be taken care of. She comes from a town Aidea Agacualpa Gamarauguila and are part of an indian tribe there said to be one of the kindest and most honest of the country. They were twinking with excitement today at their opportunity saying that they feel like God has chosen them. I feel very good about the prospects and will keep everyone informed.

We are leaving now to explore the city a bit and I will try to post again later!