By Ray Schmidt
Dr. Adamovich is an extremely grateful man. Today he shook my hand and thanked me in his broken English on four different occasions. He thanked the other team members as well. As the director of the neonatal ICU he can't believe all the equipment that was donated for his unit. He was particularly overwhelmed when he saw the new incubator. During the incubator training class for the nurses he couldn't help but jump in and press the buttons and explain all the features of the machine. It was nice to sit back and watch this man, who has dedicated so much time and effort into helping infants, receive a Christmas-like gift. Even though it is for the hospital and all the infants that will benefit from it, the incubator is also a blessing for him.
At one point during the incubator training given by Dr. David Kasting, he pointed out a feature that he called the "baby Susan" because it was like a "lazy Susan" that you see in kitchen cabinets. It allows nurses to rotate the baby inside the incubator so they can access the baby more easily. The ten or so nurses let out an audible, "Ahhhhh," followed by a few small claps.
Later he demonstrated how the incubator can be lowered or raised depending on the size of the nurse. There was this nurse who was just a little over four feet tall that was so delighted with this feature. She could now reach the baby without having to reach above her head.
As we were leaving after a day of training and installation, Dr. Adomovich came into our work room and asked if he could take the baby bassinets. The new bassinets were donated by GE and they are beautiful. We had finished assembling them but hadn't cleaned them yet. He didn't want to wait until tomorrow, so he rolled them out of the room. When I left they were being cleaned and readied for infants. I am anxious to see what they look like in the infant rooms.
I always like these days when the equipment is set up and the training is going on and there is excitement on the faces of the nurses and doctors. Tomorrow, when patients are hooked up to the monitors or placed in the warmers, it will be even better.
I should note here that yesterday we located a very good ice cream parlor in Pecs. I'm sure our bus driver thinks we're a bit odd when after dinner we asked him to drive us downtown to the ice cream place. The temperature was just above freezing, it was kind of late, but the ice cream beckoned and we followed. I think we won him over when we invited him to join us. Good ice cream is always a great way to end a day.
Dr. Adamovich is an extremely grateful man. Today he shook my hand and thanked me in his broken English on four different occasions. He thanked the other team members as well. As the director of the neonatal ICU he can't believe all the equipment that was donated for his unit. He was particularly overwhelmed when he saw the new incubator. During the incubator training class for the nurses he couldn't help but jump in and press the buttons and explain all the features of the machine. It was nice to sit back and watch this man, who has dedicated so much time and effort into helping infants, receive a Christmas-like gift. Even though it is for the hospital and all the infants that will benefit from it, the incubator is also a blessing for him.
At one point during the incubator training given by Dr. David Kasting, he pointed out a feature that he called the "baby Susan" because it was like a "lazy Susan" that you see in kitchen cabinets. It allows nurses to rotate the baby inside the incubator so they can access the baby more easily. The ten or so nurses let out an audible, "Ahhhhh," followed by a few small claps.
Later he demonstrated how the incubator can be lowered or raised depending on the size of the nurse. There was this nurse who was just a little over four feet tall that was so delighted with this feature. She could now reach the baby without having to reach above her head.
As we were leaving after a day of training and installation, Dr. Adomovich came into our work room and asked if he could take the baby bassinets. The new bassinets were donated by GE and they are beautiful. We had finished assembling them but hadn't cleaned them yet. He didn't want to wait until tomorrow, so he rolled them out of the room. When I left they were being cleaned and readied for infants. I am anxious to see what they look like in the infant rooms.
I always like these days when the equipment is set up and the training is going on and there is excitement on the faces of the nurses and doctors. Tomorrow, when patients are hooked up to the monitors or placed in the warmers, it will be even better.
I should note here that yesterday we located a very good ice cream parlor in Pecs. I'm sure our bus driver thinks we're a bit odd when after dinner we asked him to drive us downtown to the ice cream place. The temperature was just above freezing, it was kind of late, but the ice cream beckoned and we followed. I think we won him over when we invited him to join us. Good ice cream is always a great way to end a day.
God Bless,
Ray
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