Week Two – Saturday's Blog

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(Left to Right) General Practitioner Dr. Gayle Hiebert, Adult Ward Nurses Jum Hemmerich and Lisa Bleakley, Pediatric Ward Nurse Dianne Cortez, Adult Ward Nurses Deb Chalupa and Erica Nelson, Pediatric Ward Nurse Julie Cadrin and Adult Ward Nurse Robin Defresne. 

Eight year old patient Alexander Samuel and his parents take a photo with CAMTA volunteers just before they leave the hospital. (Left to Right) Pediatric Ward Nurse Dianne Cortez, Translators Tim Smith, Adam Petriw and Toby Cubitt, Pediatric Ward Nurse Julie Cadrin, Blogger Neha Gupta and Adult Ward Nurse Jum Hemmerich 

(Left to Right) Orthopedic Resident Dr. Ryan Paul, Adult Orthopedic Surgeons Dr. Sebastian Rodriguez-Elizalde, Dr. Rejean Cloutier and Orthopedic Resident Dr. Armin Badre with sixty-one year old patient Rosa Rebecca in the Ward

It's time to pack-up!
Saturday is packing day! There is a lot of work to be done. All materials must be packed into the hockey bags, some of which will be kept in storage and some taken back to Edmonton. While each bag is packed, detailed inventories of each bag is documented and then entered into a computer database.
 
The entire team is at the hospital to help with the packing. It's all hands on deck. Small groups are formed and team leads are assigned to effectively manage the workload.
Pediatric OR Nurses Heather Raitt and Amada Tong complete a detailed review of final inventory of the pediatric OR supplies
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Marc Moreau and Layperson Sanda Muchekeza enter information into computer database
Orthopedic Resident Dr. Armin Badre and Dr. Ryan Paul, Adult Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Sebastian Rodriguez-Elizalde and Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Sumit Gupta enter notes about the medical procedures for each patient into a computer database
OR Nurse Saison Demitor with Laypersons Karen Calhoun, Rebecca Day and Rachelle Lonneberg complete material inventory
Layperson Sanda Muchekeza packs and sorts the hockey bags on the last day of 2015 mission. 
 
It has been a wonderful week for the entire CAMTA team. All of the Week 2 patients have been discharged from the hospital to return home. With the whole team's help with packing, the team wraps up by 5 PM and it's time to leave the hospital one last time… until next year!