7 - THE PRE AND POST OPERATION
The next day we arrived at Villa Tarara, led us to the clinic before the operation, on top of the hill, a distance of just three blocks from our house, yet they moved us into a modern Chinese bus was carrying in the back the words "Yutong Bus" provided air conditioning.
The screening of our eye conditions, determined who would go into surgery, and who should, do a short course in order to restore the required values \u200b\u200band be fit for surgery after the initial interview with Dr. Michael, the nice nurse Popy, organized the patients to go to optometry, by optometrist Wendilyn technique to complete the studies in the next room, a tempting, and others giving up
to identify letters and numbers, located on a panel of three meters away.
On leaving the clinic, was surprised to receive the warm embrace of the Director of the Centre, a young blonde of thirty years, apparently, wrapped in a very short miniskirt and showing off some beautiful legs. Idalmis, so was his name, we said goodbye, wishing him a speedy recovery. Mal knew, at that time, the next day
and reconstructive surgery would take place.
Friday March 24 at midmorning, led us to the Ameijeiras Brothers Hospital in the center of the city of Havana, after traveling a few kilometers the Via Blanca, passing through Old Havana and across the bay through the tunnel at the bottom of the sea. The 24-story building, occupying an entire block was built by Cuban workers at the site when it ran the former Casa Cuna. A kind of charity, where women in labor
leaving unwanted children and / or unwanted, for someone to pick them up and adopt.
The "Hermanos Ameijeiras", opened on December 3, 1986, struck from the lobby and waiting, which is similar to the front of a five-star hotel encompasses the entire ground floor.
Around noon, Peter, the nurse in charge of patients, led us to the 5th floor and after a few minutes we were already patients of the 614, and others (all Uruguayans), changed clothes and tunics, in a small room: green tunic, green scarf on the head and feet encased in pouches of the same color.
From there we live for nursing next, where we put a guide on the left hand, in case they need a possible application of serum, we monitored blood pressure and selected eye sprayed us with an appropriate fluid to dilate the pupil . Later we learned that we were the last patients of the day, a total of 43 underwent surgery. Magali, Maria and Amanda were called the nurses in charge of "controlling" and Mark, a young nurse assistant manager to bring us to the operating table and bring us back to the
Nursing, through a wide corridor filled with doors on both sides.
I was three in the afternoon, when my turn came. I was the last to be operated, and the removal of the cataract in my right eye, it took more than 20 minutes. At first, I had some misunderstanding with Dr. Sandra and his assistant, the doctor also Ana Rosa. First I asked him to look towards the bottom of my feet and I stood almost instinctively head to get around the abdomen who was standing in my field of vision. After the second attempt, I asked the surgeon who change the reference, and all was resolved. From that moment, my eye was only able to see light and shadow, went to accompany (as "cabin") all the moves and my ears to hear all the comments relating to the operation, because the doctors - did not stop a moment to think aloud about what they were encountering. When they finished a few moments later, both were pleased with the success of the intervention, and shared with me the joy of the moment.
The next day we had to go to the Post operative to remove the bandage that covered the operated eye and soothing place to review progress. In nursing, the Post, we expected, "Berta" Head Nurse (also an expert in martial arts and karate champion) called "Belta" by his assistant and companion Alberto ... who was also called "Albelto," a dark, almost two meters tall , not knowing where to put their hands and placed them in the most unlikely places, carelessly. The approval, gave the "China", a sympathetic doctor, who had been in Buenos Aires with my friend Yamyla.
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