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Mirror Mirror . Victor (see his previous photo) looks into a mirror and gets his first look at his new smile for the first time. Moments later, he began blowing bubbles for the first time in his life. |
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Tell it like it is. Victor waits with his sister on the stairs leading to the ambulatory surgery center where Operation Rainbow is working. His surgery was Wednesday. Photo essays about some of the patients are on the patients page. |
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it like it is Jairo, who has had several previous surgeries to
repair his cleft lip and cleft palate, grew impatient with Operation
Rainbow volunteer Joe Nicotra (r). After tolerating having his picture
taken, and introductions to each member of the operating team, turned
to Joe and said, "hurry up and knock me out." Suzanne Smith (l), an Operation Rainbow volunteer from Arnprior, Canada, looks on. |
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Special girl, unique case.Yesterday morning, this young girl woke her father and asked him to take her to see the Operation Rainbow team "to be healed". She has an extremely large cleft palate, visible in the photo above. Her unique surgery is scheduled for this afernoon, with doctors from both the U.S. and Mexico doing the case. |
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One more look. Rodrigo looks wide eyed at Dr. Manny Pena during post op rounds prior to being discharged to go home. Rodrigo and his family have been invited back to the hospital for "final rounds" on Friday, July 14, when Operation Rainbow volunteers have a chance to say good bye to the patients. |
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Bright days. Dr. Manny Pena looks out the window of the recovery room during a break in the surgery schedule. |
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Mother and child. Yoel and her mother wait in the post-op area after surgery Monday afternoon. |
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Keeping the pace. Joe Nicotra shuttles between Quirofano 3 & Quirofano 1 during a surgeries late Sunday. |
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Concentration. Dr. Manny Pena concentrates on making the final stitches in his patient during surgery Sunday |
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Reaction. Rodrigo reacts to Dr. Manny Pena during patient assessments Saturday morning |
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Anticipation. A little girl and her father wait outside Hospital del Nino in Villahermosa, Mexico. The volunteer medical team arrived Friday afternoon and toured the hospital in advance of patients screenings which begin Saturday morning. Friday July 7, 2000. |
