by Tom Lewis | Aug 4, 2024 | blog, Cathy's Updates
Love Cathy was diagnosed with glioblastoma seventeen months ago. Her courage seems endless despite the building momentum of her glio-symptoms. Her steps are shorter and less certain. Her confusion is a bit more and her memory a bit less. Our embraces and hand holdings...
by Tom Lewis | Jul 21, 2024 | blog, Cathy's Updates, Education, Mission Trips
We are home and getting back to our normal routine after our latest mission trip to Serabu, followed by a checkup visit at Duke Cancer Center. Our Serabu experience was bittersweet. It was the first time in 37 mission years that Cathy had not performed eye surgery....
by Tom Lewis | Jul 7, 2024 | blog, Cathy's Updates, Education, Mission Trips
June 29, 2024. Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dr. Cathy Schanzer presented “Unusual Patient Pathology at Southern Eye Clinic” to medical students and faculty of Connaught Medical School in Freetown, Sierra Leone. During her talk she profiled the impact of...
by Tom Lewis | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Week 1 124 eye surgeries Patient load very heavy Dr Cathy and her Serabu Team Special prayers for Dr Cathy in the Mosque Dr Cathy and Chief...
by Tom Lewis | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
The three volunteers (Shannon, Zachary and Anish) spent this week teaching in the village schools, attended a teacher training conference and a vision education course on presbyopia. Next week they will be working in the clinic. Cathy is having some difficulty and...
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