The children in Ethiopia are totally captivating. I treated a little 5 y.o., Tsheimosetso, with a supracondylar fracture of the elbow who had me wrapped around his little finger. One morning I took him back to surgery to reposition pins. He calmly rode into the room sitting up on the stretcher. As he had to have an IV started before the anesthesia, Dr. Kinfu, our anesthesiologist reassured him that the IV was his "breakfast" and not to be afraid. He was very brave and withstood several sticks without flinching and then calmly announced "I don’t want to eat here!"-- Don
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