http://healingthechildren.org Wed, 09 May 2012 02:18:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-small-step-toward-better-childrens-health.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-small-step-toward-better-childrens-health.html#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:06:44 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=1073 Dr. Primm, one of the anesthesiologists who accompanied the team to Santiago Texacuangos,  is holding a sevoflurane vaporizer which she borrowed from a local Albuquerque hospital and assembled on one of the machines at Hospital La Divina Providencia during a surgical trip in March 2012.  Using sevoflurane over isoflurane is highly preferred for children, but [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-small-step-toward-better-childrens-health.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-story-of-stamina.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-story-of-stamina.html#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:13:15 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=1041 Reina, age ten,  lives on a small island off the pacific coast of El Salvador.   Despite her cleft lip and palate she is doing well in school and is reportedly a good student.   She and her mother had to travel using one boat and three buses to arrive at Hospital La Divina Providencia [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/a-story-of-stamina.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/albuquerque-fundraiser.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/albuquerque-fundraiser.html#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:59:07 +0000 HTC http://healingthechildren.org/?p=960 Join us for an exclusive Glitz and Glamour fundraising event! Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5-8pm Albuquerque Center for Plastic Surgery 5203 Juan Tabo Albuquerque, NM 87111 http://www.healingthechildrensw.org/ You’ll get a glimpse of the Spring Fashion Collection from Etcetera, a great choice of handbags, jewelry and accessories from Silk Road Connection and an opportunity to learn about a wide variety of cosmetic [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/albuquerque-fundraiser.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/ada-returns-to-new-mexico.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/ada-returns-to-new-mexico.html#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:29:16 +0000 htcsw2 http://healingthechildren.org/?p=679 The following  is a message from foster parent Carol Eiffert dated  November 2011: “In May, our family was over-joyed to have Ada return to our home. Ada has been considered part of our family since she was first brought to the US for surgery by Healing the Children SW when she was only three years old. [She was severely burned [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/ada-returns-to-new-mexico.html/feed 0 http://healingthechildren.org/pages/hospital-dario-machuca-la-troncal-ecuador.html http://healingthechildren.org/pages/hospital-dario-machuca-la-troncal-ecuador.html#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:14:36 +0000 htcsw2 http://healingthechildren.org/?p=687 We were invited to take over their one operating room to help children needing plastic surgery.   Surgeons George Hoer and David Oberdorfer were joined by anesthesiologist Gary Doolittle, nurses Kate Doolittle, Allison Godchaux, Laura Weisgerber, physical therapist Susan Doolittle, student Julia, and 3 to 5 local Ecuadoran medical school residents.   Our contact was [...]]]> http://healingthechildren.org/pages/hospital-dario-machuca-la-troncal-ecuador.html/feed 0