A few of us here feel like something should be said about the Healing Heart members from Spokane, WA. Though Jim and Terra make up a small fraction of this year's team, their presence here is imperative. Terra signed on to come with us at the last minute when one of the OR nurses had to back out because of a car accident. She arrived ready, no-nonsense, and raring to go. She's been an integral part of the OR team that's been working through the daylight hours since Monday morning.
Jim Dixon is our biomedical engineer, but I like to call him Mr. Fix-It. Because it seems that no matter what you put in front of him, he is able to finesse it into working order. He has adapters hidden in his pockets, a magical touch with anything electrical, and earlier I saw him fitting a rubber casing snugly to its wires over an open flame that later kept our lunch warm. I'm beginning to think that maybe we should put him into the OR and see what happens. ;)
As our personal "McGuyver", he's done a spectacular job so far, and with a "can do" attitude that gives everyone the confidence so important to these difficult operations and recovery periods. Jim's not content to sit idle. So in a rare moment of down-time, here's Jim custom-fabricating a special adapter so people in Erneste's village can charge their older cell phones with the new solar charger we brought as a gift.
And of course, with the usual shipping issues, we were missing pressure transducer
lines and with a few emails, Sandy and Michelle identified the correct box for Jim to look in, and we have pressure lines! Thank you Healing Hearts!
Each year we are blessed with individuals that seamlessly integrate into the flow of things while bringing their unique talents to the table, greatly improving the outcome. These two are no exception!
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