September 1, 2011

Clinic day 2 complete!

By saubinger

Clinic day 2 is over, and wow what a day!  We nearly doubled the number of people we saw today!  Continuing with the trend, we were all learning more Spanish as the day progressed!  Thanks to our translators Zulma, Eduardo, Ana Lucia, and Norberto just to name a few.  Also, thanks to some of our Spanish speakers on the team:  Danny, Rosanna, Maria, Alfonso, Ivan, Paul, and Juanita.  Some of us even got to learn some Italian from Fulvio, Renato, Mari, Elena, and Samantha!  Throughout the day today, once again we were amazed at how thankful people were to receive their eyewear.  Throughout the week all the team members will get to experience the different stages of a clinic.  That way we all get to see the people we’re helping at the different stages of the clinic.  It already has turned into a fight to see eho gets to be at the dispense table, which is where clinic guests receive the glasses.  It’s always amazing to see the reaction on people’s faces when they can suddenly see clearly! 

Adding a touch of the un-expected, towards the end of the day it began to storm…in the desert!  The lightning was quite spectacular, as was the torrential down pour! What was really great was how quickly the team was able to secure all of the sensitive equipment and eyewear from the rain.  Some of the clinic partners in Hermosillo commented, after seeing us work, that they couldn’t believe almost all of us had never worked together before.  That says a lot about the caliber of people on our team and how passionate we are!  Below you will see some great photos.  If you don’t see them, click on the post headline to go to the main entry page, and they will be on the bottom. 

Buenos Dias!

Italian entry by Renato Ambrosini, Sara Savio, and Fulvio Fontanelle

E' passato il secondo giorno di questa avventura e gia' dalla mattina si sono visti dei cambiamenti, molte piu' persone hanno varcato la porta della clinica e tutto e'andato bene, quindi siamo pronti a ricevere molti piu' pazienti! Siamo stanchi ma soddisfatti di quello che stiamo facendo e i sorrisi della gente ci fanno dimenticare la fatica e i ritmi incalzanti. Non perdiamo occasione per creare un gruppo unito parlando con tutti in qualsiasi lingua Spagnolo, Inglese e Italiano non fanno piu' paura a nessuno del gruppo.

Oggi in particolare sembrava una giornata calda come tutte le altre ma ci ha sorpreso un violento nubifragio, ci hanno detto che a Hermosillo piove cosi' solo 4/5 volte l'anno e noi siamo stati cosi' fortunati di assistere a questo raro evento... peccato che la clinica si e' allagata e abbiamo dovuto mettere in salvo strumenti e occhiali. Quindi domani mattina ci aspetta un duro lavoro per riassettare tutte le postazioni e il percorso della clinica, MA CE LA FAREMO!!!!

Salutiamo tutti quelli che ci seguono.

Hasta Pronto!

Firas Trabulsi with a recipient of some new sunglasses! Photo by Maria Arias
Gary Tonsager testing a recipients near vision with their new bi-focals
One of our local volunteers helping to check-in our patients
Elena Dimichino using the auto-refractor with a patient
Danny Delarossa and Mari Fontanive with a patient
Maria Arias with a recipient of some cool sunglasses!
Muy Bonita!
Eric Rose helping fit some eyeglasses
Alfonso Leon with another happy recipient!
Eric Schmidt with a patient who is seeing clearly for the first time in a year!!!
Renato Ambrosini and Eric Rose serving the people of Hermosillo
Eric Schmidt, Leona Dockery, Betsy Wood, and Mike Bates, pausing for a photo
The clinic site from outside

4 Comments

  1. Tanya says:

    Great work Team Mexico! Love the pictures!

    Posted on Fri Sep 2, 2011 12:19 am EST

  2. Dale Store 989 says:

    I want to personally thank the team for blowing bubbles for Brianna on Monday.  It means a lot to me and my family.

    Posted on Fri Sep 2, 2011 9:31 am EST

  3. daniele says:

    Ciao a tutto il team,ma sopratutto alla nostra Mary
    spero che vada tutto bene e goditi le giornate che verranno. Sicuramente ti sei fatta apprezzare da tutti. Quì siamo pronti per il family day. Ciao da Sedico 2.
    Daniele e Patrizia

    Posted on Fri Sep 2, 2011 3:50 pm EST

  4. pvf 8035 says:

    Go Gary Go!

    Posted on Tue Sep 6, 2011 6:29 pm EST

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