Nias, Indonesia

I'm in Medan and this is the first time I could make contact with the rest of the world. We have had a hard trip but a very successful one. The eye surgeons from Medan complete 142 surgeries. They would have completed more but about 50 who had been screened either did not show or were turned away because of health problems.
We treated more than 1000 in free village clinics and distributed hundreds of pairs of glasses.
I will write in more detail when I get home in about a week. I am very tired but well. It is 2 a.m. and I can.t sleep. I am eager to get home. I am going to try to crowd 5 days work into 3 and see if I can change my ticket and get home 2 days earlier than planned.
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