Stories - 2nd
Surgery
Place taken: Muisne, Ecuador
Claire Crossett, Carleton College
MSID Ecuador, Fall 2008
The patient was undergoing abdominal surgery for the second time. The stitches that were put in place originally did not properly dissolve and had become infected. After diagnosing the infection, the doctor had him hop on the table, numbed the abdomen, and began the second surgery. The patient watched the doctors cut through his abdomen until I offered him a newspaper to read.
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Photo by Claire Crossett, Carleton College