Thursday, February 17, 2011

Leslie O'Meara, RN is our Minnesota connection this year. Originally from Wisconsin, she heard about Team Heart though other previous University of Minnesota Team Heart members. Very willing to work long hours and with resource challenges, she is a great addition to the team. The patients here are delighted to be in the sun and out for a cardiac rehab walk around the exterior corridor. Rumor has it, they were led on an unplanned independent walk while Suellen was at lunch by Claudine's grandmother! All discharge teaching has been completed as we have less than 30 hours left in hospital. Emmanuel has left the KFH ICU and joins his group for today and tomorrow fine tune-up--as much as we can do. He will be in the hospital for some time and require close follow-up.

Leslie Sabatino, with tears, but very proud, dropped by to say good-bye. Each team member has put their heart and soul into this project. As we say goodbye one by one you can see the joy and concern on each face.

Those leaving earlier have arrived home safely....we have one group heading to Tanzania to climb Kilimanjaro and the step-down unit and physicians will leave on Saturday.

The challenges remain today of finding safe clean dry storage, for about 1 ton of supplies, regulating INR of a couple of patients and have the follow-up system work--each one making the remaining team very anxious. It is not that we have left it to the end--we have been working on this since the arrival.

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  1. The patients look swell, so does the cute nurse!
    Signed, Nurse's Mom

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