Morning in Montellano

Right now I'm waiting for the start of our morning devotional on the last surgical day of this eye trip. I've done this before, but each time I am overwhelmed by the range of emtions that we go through during the week. There are the highs of patients whose post-operative results are so positive, and the lows of those who are sent home because they are not eligible for surgery. There are the laughs from our translation errors during patient interviews, and the sadness at the physical impoverishment that is the only life these people know. It is the reason we come, and the reason we come back.
Meredith Ezell, M.D.