I just opened a beer...'cause...ya' know...I'm going on vacation and don't want anything in the fridge to go bad while I am away. ;) So, I'm relaxing with a delicious ice cold beer and thought it would be a perfect time to introduce you to my fellow non-medical volunteer team members!
A special THANK YOU to Henley Photography for the photo!
From left: (unless noted, we are all from the Rotary Club of Terra Linda)
Nathan-- is a financial planner. Nathan's role on this mission is the Quartermaster. He will be responsible for every box of supplies and equipment in and out of the airports, planes, international customs offices, cars, buildings and making sure of the inventory all along the way. He's also in charge of our happy hour every night. :)
Jenny-- is a REALTOR and from the Rotary Club of Central Marin. Jenny's role on the mission is PACU assistant. She'll be primarily helping all the nurses in the recovery room area after surgeries.
Me!-- I'm a property manager specializing in residential managment and my job on the mission will be Medical Records Asst/ Patient Transport. I spent two and a half hours on a conference call the other day learning the record keeping process for the mission and I'll tell you...I was IMPRESSED with the Rotaplast process!
Trevor-- is a professional photographer and his job on the mission will be, (surprise! surprise!) the photojournalist! Trevor is also responsible for the photo above. Thank you Trevor!
Deloras-- is the lovely wife of our club president, Budd! We are just so lucky to have her with us! She was on a previous Rotaplast trip to Vietnam. She is an RN and a nurse manager and her role on this mission is the medical records keeper. I'll be assisting Deloras most of the time...and helping transport patients some of the other times. I've gotten to know her a little bit through our training and I'm excited to be working with her!
Brian-- is a roofing contractor and is also a Past District Governor for District 5150, and on the Board of Directors with Rotaplast International. Brian has been on many, many missions and is the Mission Director for this trip.
Anne-- is a surgeon and is the Mission Medical Director for our trip to India and has been on many, many missions. Anne will oversee the entire medical team of 17 members (not pictured above) from all over the US, our team dentist is from Mexico and one of the surgeons is from Holland.
Marty-- is an attorney. From the very beginning, Marty has said that he wants the job of holding the babies when they need comfort and that is just what he will do! Marty's official title is Ward Coordinator and he'll be preparing patients just before they go into the surgical area.
Millie-- is the marketing director at a senior retirement community. Her role on the mission is the Pre-Op assistant. Millie said to me the other day that this trip was a dream come true for her. She's wanted to go on a Rotaplast mission for more than 13 years now and finally the time is right for her! Congratulations Millie!
Joe-- is a mortgage broker and his role on this mission is the equipment steralizer and will obviously be quite busy with all the procedures we will be doing! He'll be working very closely with Nathan and keeping inventory under good control and also with the surgical teams and making sure they have clean instruments when needed!
Karen-- is an event planner and will be working with Jenny in PACU assisting the recovery room nurses.
(not pictured) Diane-- is from the Rotary Club of San Rafael and is their immediate past president. She will be transporting patients to and from surgery and reuniting the children with their parents when the procedure is over. Diane and I will be working together when I'm not helping Deloras with Medical Records keeping.
This is the non-medical volunteer portion of the team! It's so unusual to have all these volunteers from the same area, let alone the same club. What an extraordinary experience! This has already been such a fantastic bonding experience for all of us and the best is yet to come!
