The parents were appreciative at receiving the meals.
This older brother is holding his younger brother.
The mothers kept their beds clean and organized for their children.
Every day an average of 6 surgeries took place. Parents were anxious for the turn of their child to get surgery.
Babies with hydrocephalus cry more often because of pain and the pressure in their brains. It is difficult for a parent to endure.
The neurosurgery team from the University of Miami arrived on Saturday afternoon. Here they are unloading at Bernard Mevs Hospital. Surgeries will start on Sunday morning.
Saturday morning the children and their parents showed up at the hospital ready for surgery.
Saturday was spent by the hospital staff at organizing the children into their beds and preparing their hospital dossiers.
Wichtarline, from the Tomazeau area is laying comfortably in his crib.
This mother came by boat from Jeremie hoping that the team would help her. They did and added her to the list! From an original 15 patients their operating list eventually reached 27! It was great that they were willing to help these extra children.
This boy just came out of the recovery room and is covered in his crib.
The children were doing well and alert the next day after having surgery.
There were some children who ran fevers and had some vomiting but they recovered well.
It was amazing to see 29 children receiving a neurosurgery for their problems!
This parent and child look comfortable.
Vanessa Jules is an active little girl. She speaks well and enjoys to play with things in her hands.
Here she is after surgery. She is not too happy because of some pain but hopefully in a few days she will be her happy self again. She had a ventriculoscopy done.
Jonel Colo is a young baby who originally was not included on the list. The mother started to cry when she found out wondering what she would do. The medical team created another place on the list for him.
Here is Jonel Colo after surgery. His head size grew quite a bit from when the first picture was taken. Now his head size will not get any larger. His mother is happy that he got this opportunity for surgery.
Berny Guerrier is a very active boy. He was given 3 doses of medicine to sleep for his cat scan and it didn't work. The neurosurgeon ended up looking at another cat scan which had been taken when he was only 4 months old and not as active. He is a handful for his parents.