The clouds lifted as my plane ascends leaving behind the lush and fertile land of Ecuador. The pain and suffering we saw during our stay were over shadowed by the love, warmth and appreciation of the families we worked with. There were over 600 people seen across 3 hospitals by the 90+ medical team from MME (medical mission Ecuador). In our "ortho suite" we fitted over 200 AFO's (ankle foot orthosis) provided splinting, taught stretches, exercises and gait training, all with the help of our lovely translators. Robbie, an 8th grader from the US completing work for his eagle scout award, brought 7 w/c's from the US. DELTA did a wonderful thing by not charging him freight. That allowed him to purchase another $1000 specialty chair while in Ecuador. I will continue to give insight as to why this mission trip was well run, purposeful and a true success later in the days to come.
