by Ellise Perry | Nov 5, 2013 | General Information
At 6 a.m. on Sunday, more than 100 prospective patients and their families arrived at the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center. Here, in the waiting area beside the avocado tree, six-month-old Nathaly Muralles and her family, who live in Guatemala City, wait with other...
by Ellise Perry | Nov 5, 2013 | General Information
On Sunday morning, six-year-old Gerson Mendoza, of Chimeltenango, Guatemala, shares a laugh with Austin Smiles volunteer Stephanie Ashby and a couple of stuffed pals. An outgoing boy with a frequent smile, Gerson will undergo a frenuloplasty in the coming days. Photo...
by Ellise Perry | Nov 5, 2013 | General Information
On Sunday, 12-year-old Flor Lopez fights through tears while she and her mother, Esmerelda, listen to doctors explain the Abbe flap procedure that she will undergo in the coming days. At 9:30 Tuesday morning, Flor entered the triage room to have her vitals checked and...
by Ellise Perry | Nov 5, 2013 | General Information
On Sunday, one-year-old Cristaal Lopez issues one of her frequent smiles in the early-morning waiting area. On Tuesday morning, she would enter OR1 so that Dr. Bill Gorman and his surgical team could perform a primary palatoplasty to repair a cleft. Photo by Kris...
by Ellise Perry | Nov 5, 2013 | General Information
On Sunday, Dr. Bill Gorman (seated) and Dr. Fred Wilder (standing) perform a pre-surgical evaluation on Juliana Letran, a happy and cooperative girl. Photo by Kris Kennedy
by Ellise Perry | Nov 5, 2013 | General Information
During pre-surgical evaluations on Sunday, Katherin Perez sits on the lap of her father, Carlos, while Speech Language Pathologist Katherine Marting demonstrates proper placement of tongue and lips to produce speech sounds. On Tuesday morning, Katherin would undergo a...
