ARRIVAL

Nigeria or bust

Left home at 1030am 9/24- drove to Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport- flew to Atlanta then Atlanta to Lagos, Nigeria -11 hours and 7 minutes. Overnight in Lagos then Lagos to Uyo. Ground transportation  from Uyo to the Nigerian Christian Hospital-arrivied at 3pm. Total miles about 7000. Total travel time 36 hours. 

There are 25 patients in the hospital waiting for surgery, including 13 goiters, a submandibular mass, 2 abdominal masses, an incisional hernia, a rectal proloapse, a parotid tumor, a thyroglossal duct cyst, a varicoele, 2 elective C sections,  a jaw tumor and a sarcoma of the neck.


Tomorrow is going to be a big day!