The last two days have been incredible! Yesterday, I was at Northwestern Eye Clinic again to observe cataract and pterygium surgeries performed by Dr. Michael Gyesi. I showed up with another volunteer, Tom, at around noon and talked with the optometrists and assisted with some visual field assessments until being called into the operating theater at around two. Groups from three outreaches, performed earlier in the week, had been transported to the clinic where they were to have their recommended surgeries and stay the night (on the floor!) for next day post op. The operating suite had two beds, one patient was being operated on while the other was being prepped. Dr. Gyesi knocked out each surgery in about 5-8 minutes and would proceed to swivel his chair over to the next bed to start on
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