by Ellise Perry | Nov 4, 2013 | General Information
by John Paschal The workday is over now, and the streets are slick with the afternoon rains. Those streets gave a second presence to storefront lights as we made our way back to the hotel tonight, the 6 p.m. shimmer making connected reflections of what had been the...
by Ellise Perry | Nov 3, 2013 | General Information
by John Paschal It’s nearly 6 p.m. in Guatemala City, and the dark clouds are shouldering the white ones above the nearby mountains. The rain and the sun are competing, or cooperating, above that high jagged green, and we are secure behind hotel windows in the...
by Ellise Perry | Jun 17, 2013 | General Information
As many of you reading this already know, we are back safe and sound in the United States. The mission is over. There’s a pile of bills staring me down, dust bunnies beckoning me to chase them, and an empty fridge starving for food. Pay me, clean me, feed me. You see,...
by Ellise Perry | Jun 13, 2013 | General Information
One of the frustrating things about doing surgeries outside of the US is you don’t get to see long-term results. This can happen at home, too, but it’s the likely scenario when you’re on a one-week trip in another country. It’s kind of like making a movie but never...
by Ellise Perry | Jun 13, 2013 | General Information
My husband woke up at 5:00 am for an early case. He went downstairs to hop on the bus and as soon as they saw him, the bus sped off. Ha, ha, ha. It was a joke. The bus stopped, he jumped in and his day began. I wasn’t feeling very well—a little gastro-intestinal issue...
by Ellise Perry | Jun 13, 2013 | General Information
Kathryn Robison is the daughter of Dr. Jim Robison, one of the plastic surgeons on our trip. She is a seventeen year-old student at Westlake high school, where she is an All American cheerleader. She is a kind, intelligent young woman with a desire to become a...
