Today is the first day after our last day of operations. What a week it has been! Drs. Bolman and Shekar have done what they do best and as it were done it both gracefully and cheerfully. Now, we're in the ICU doing our best to make sure these patients do as well as they possibly can post-operatively. So far, so good.As an outsider to the team, I've had the great pleasure and privilege to watch this group give generously and be amazed at how well they do it. It's not just enough to say that they do their jobs extremely well or with the greatest care for their patients. That's to be expected. It is another thing to be able to say that they have done it with abundant generosity and overflowing spirit even in the generally dicey situation of working in a foreign country of limited resources. It has been truly humbling for me and a welcome reminder of the true meaning of caring for people. It has trickled down from the top leadership through all the branches of this operation ultimately touching each patient's life in an awesome way. I am in awe and speechless at times in thinking of how much of a miraculous endeavor it has been and how it was realized.
Sincere thanks and appreciation to all the people I have had the honor of working with and getting to know as colleagues this past week. I hope we will do it again soon!
Sincerely,
Smitha Philip, MD
Pediatric Cardiology Fellow
Children's National Medical Center
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