Buenas Noches from Nicaragua! We are so excited to be back for another amazing trip, providing the gift of mobility and changing the lives of the patients and their families! Dr. Schutte and his team from Charleston, SC, are joined this year by Dr. Jim Jennings from Greenville, SC and Dr. Marc Barnett from Asheville,[…]
Presents a Premiere of Hacksaw Ridge CIAO invites you to the premiere of the critically acclaimed Hacksaw Ridge , a film based on the true story of Private Desmond Doss, America’s first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. (And family member to Dr. Del Schutte with CIAO) The film is based on the true[…]
Operative Day 4 Today was our last day of surgeries. We had four patients on the schedule today, but did 5 total knees, as we did our first bilateral (two sided) knee replacement in Nicaragua. Everything went smoothly and we were finished before noon. Our surgeon team left to Granada as they fly out of[…]
Operative Day 3 Today was an another amazing day! 10 more lives changed by having receiving the gift of total joint replacement by restoring mobility within their lives, and 10 patients were discharged home to start their recovery! We only see a glimpse of the huge impact it has in the pre- to post-operative[…]
Operative Day 2 Today was another amazing day. We have a wonderful group of surgeons and volunteers that have joined Dr. Schutte in Nicaragua this year. It is our pleasure to host Dr. Jim Jennings from Greenville, SC, and Dr. Stephen Smith, from Atlanta, GA. We are using OR rooms this week, and were able to[…]
Operative Day 1 Buenas Noches from Nicaragua! We have had yet another inspiring day! We left Managua at 7:30 am after picking up other team members at the airport and traveled approximately 2 1/2 hours to the mountainous area Esteli, making a pit stop at PMI’s new clinic in Sabaco. With Julio, the best bus[…]
Walk Nicaragua 2016 – Day 1 – Team Travel Day Our mission team had an early start today, leaving out of our home cities bright and early arriving to the airports (Charleston, Greenville, and Atlanta) at 5:00am. It was odd to be dressed for the hot, humid temperatures we were to experience in Nicaragua when[…]