Cleft Exchange Day Three
Today started with Becca searching for food. She was not happy to miss her breakfast and was determined to find milk or food.
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LWB Spain to Anhui
Jone, our representative from LWB Spain, who with her travel companion Aitor, left Shanghai today and traveled to Hefei, Anhui. Today they visited the Hefei SWI and the Anhui Cleft Healing Home. Here are today’s gorgeous pictures from their travels. Here are some pictures from the orphanage And also some from the Healing Home Please [...]
Cleft Exchange Day Two
The first day of surgery has flown by smoothly. What a wonderful day it was. Everyone got up early in order to get to the hospital by 8am. The nurses did not know who would be first so all the children were prepared.
Cleft Exchange Day One
How best to put into words, the excitement, joy and wonder of an international medical exchange. Great things always happen when people travel from near and far to come together to heal children in need. It was an incredible first day. Our team has arrived safely and on time and includes Dr. Ness, Dr. Martin, [...]
Final Day of Surgeries in Hefei
When we walked onto the unit today, we were met by a chorus of crying babies. It seemed everyone was fussy; after awhile, it started to sound like a song.
Cleft Mission – Day 4
Today when we got to the unit the first thing we noticed is that there were no more children in beds in the halls. All of the babies were well and the repairs look good (I know I keep saying that, but it is really very cool).
Cleft Mission – Day Three
What’s that they say about Wednesday? Hump day? Well we are happy to be over the hump. Today several of us have felt ill, but Dr. Martin has felt the worst.. Amazingly every time I have called to check on him his attitude has not wavered one bit nor has his determination to help as many [...]
Hello from Beijing
Linda, Shane, and I all arrived on time and without any difficulty. Tina, the nurse from Heartbridge, met us at the airport. It was a beautiful evening in Beijing. I wouldn’t call it sunny, but the sky was clean and you could see the mountains on the horizon. Once we arrived at the campus of New [...]
Surgeries Start Monday!
We will be introducing you to the first new smile next Monday. There are five children scheduled for surgery that day; I’d love to give you a peek at three of them. Make sure to keep these photos handy so that next week you can marvel at the change. I always do! Seven-month-old Jiang has a [...]
Meet Our Cleft Team
It’s almost time! On September 27th – Oct 3rd LWB will be sending it’s 5th cleft team to China. Eight doctors, nurses, and volunteers will travel to Hefei for a Cleft medical exchange. Over the past few years LWB has built a unique and trusting partnership with Anhui Children’s Hospital, and we are excited to have [...]
