Austin Smiles Puebla Trip 2014

Day 6-7: Puebla 2014 – Mission Complete! One of our RN team members said it best, “Puebla. Fantastic people, long hot OR days, mole galore, really old pyramids, ornate churches, steaming volcanoes, artistic talavera, and some fun nights to name a few...

Austin Smiles Puebla Trip 10/2/14

Day 6: Part A A story about an old man… “We get to go tell this guy that he just won the lottery.” Samuel Mitl Lozano is a 75-year-old man from the pueblo of San Sabastian Tepalcatepec in San Pedro, Cholula. He’s been married for 52 years and has five children....

Austin Smiles Puebla Trip 10/1/14

Day 5: To give a quick update on our little crayon eater, Jesus was able to make it into surgery yesterday and did great. He’ll be heading home today. The team had nine surgeries on the schedule and started extra early to get them all knocked out. Everyone was...

Austin Smiles Puebla Trip 9/30/14: Part B

A little story about Brayan… Our very first patient out of surgery was a little 5-year-old boy from Atempan, Puebla named Brayan. He arrived on Sunday for triage with an elderly woman who identified herself as his mother. Brayan loved stickers and quickly won...