Day 12: My Final Day in Roosevelt

It is hard to believe that Mark and I are leaving tomorrow and had to say goodbye to Roosevelt this afternoon. We spent our last day at Roosevelt working on diagnosing the remaining ECGs and monitors we had been given. Unfortunately, many of the ECGs were missing crucial parts such as printer parts and batteries. We have added these parts to our list of things to purchase. Hopefully, through strong communication, we will be able to teach the staff at Roosevelt how to replace these parts and the equipment will operate correctly. We were happy to have fixed another monitor for the Neonatal ICU before leaving for the day.

In total, we have fixed: 4 endoscopy towers, 1 incubator, 3 monitors for the neonatal ICU, and a digital blood pressure monitor. We have also donated: 2 portable pulse oximeters, 2 pulse oximeters to connect to monitors, single-use electrodes, ECG clips, a blood pressure cuff and pump, and new cables for ECGS. We also will be using money we obtained through the Gephardt institute to purchase filters for respirators, electrodes and leads for the gastro unit, the unit we spent most of our time in during this trip.

Saying good-byes to all the fabulous staff at Roosevelt is always hard and truly bittersweet. Knowing that we would be spending the rest of the day in Antigua with Carlos made things a little easier. Antigua is one of my favorite cities in the world and we were all extremely excited to spend the
afternoon exploring a city that was once the capital.

Ruins of a church that was destroyed by earthquakes in 1773.

Carlos generously drove us to Antigua where we spent 4 hours walking around, looking at beautiful architecture, and enjoying food at one of my favorite restauranta, Luna de Miel.

We had a great time in Antigua with Carlos, it was a great way to end a great trip!