20 March 2026 – Friday – The long trip home
Flying home from Vietnam is a process. We spent much of Thursday at a beautiful hotel just outside DaNang. They offer a daycation option where you pay a fee that allows access to this exclusive resort including lunch and beach and gym access. It allowed us to be close to the airport and not need…
18 March 2026 – Wednesday – Last day of sightseeing
We were picked up this morning at 7:30 for a long day of travel to various sites. One of our intended destinations was not on any package tour so we hired a car and driver. It was nice to be alone. Although the total distances aren’t huge, it’s hard to get going when traffic is…
17 March 2026 – Tuesday – Bike ride and Cooking Class
After breakfast, I decided to go for a bike ride. Our hotel is spread out along a peninsula that is all beach front on one side. I was pretty sure that we were almost at the end of the road. I started out toward the end and found out quickly that I was right. I…
16 March 2026 – Monday – Early and Late
We were picked up this morning at 5:15am. Our hotel is on a peninsula that is outside the town so we were the first pickup. Our driver then drove into the town to pickup the rest of our group. The locals were busy putting garbage out for pickup or getting to work or school. We…
15 March 2026 – Sunday – Lady Buddha, Marble Mountain, Caves of Hell
As usual, breakfast was an enormous buffet meant for every taste and culture. There were even donuts and mini bagels. We were ready for our pickup at 7:45. We were the last people to join the group of 14. We drove along the peninsula toward DaNang to our first stop, the lady Buddha. She is…
14 March 2026 – Saturday – Hoi An, Vietnam
We are all scattering to other places. Some have gone home but many of us have chosen to stay and travel in Vietnam or nearby countries. Kris and I flew to DaNang today. It’s about a 75 minute flight. We decided to check our bags rather than carry on. Great decision!! We walked downstairs from the…
13 March 2026 – Friday – Surgery ends – time for some fun
Since we finished out mission surgery on Thursday instead of the usual Friday, our hosts decided to take us on a trip out of Hanoi to see some countryside attractions. We were picked up at 9 am by a big comfortable tour bus. Hanoi traffic is always congested so we took almost an hour to…
12 March 2026 – Thursday – Final day of surgery
As usual, our transportation to the hospital was at 7am. The cases today seemed to be short. But our second patient who was having a 2nd stage operation, didn’t seem to have a “banked” piece of cartilage from his initial surgery. The banked piece left in the initial incision from the rib is used to…
11 March 2026 – Wednesday – OR Day 3
The rhythm of the week is always that we do the first stage cases which include harvest of rib cartilage and implanting it in position for the missing ear. Those cases take 4-6 hours. Two per room each day can make the first days long. Next we do shorter cases on the following days. This…
10 March 2026 – Tuesday – Day 2 in the OR
Cappuccino in hand, I boarded the minivan for the hospital. Traffic this morning was typical with tons of motorcycles weaving in and out around cars and buses along the congested streets heading towards the hospital. We laughed at the nightmare thought of exchanging the motorcycles for cars. But then gasoline is too expensive for most…
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