{"id":393,"date":"2012-02-24T03:22:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T08:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/shop\/blog\/?p=393"},"modified":"2012-03-07T06:18:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T11:18:17","slug":"bringing-ultrasound-to-uganda-with-itw-part-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/02\/24\/bringing-ultrasound-to-uganda-with-itw-part-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Ultrasound to Uganda with ITW (Part 18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sunday, June 12<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>:\u00a0 Today is our last day in Bwindi.\u00a0 We will meet at the hospital later today to\u00a0review our findings at each of the clinics and to start developing\u00a0a training plan for when we return.\u00a0 Last night the group sat out by the fire, under that same majestic sky, and talked and laughed.\u00a0 As our trip is coming to a close, we are thrilled at how successful it has been.\u00a0 We have seen incredible poverty, but you will note that I have intentionally chosen not to focus on the poverty but on the incredible hope and \u201cjoie de vivre\u201d that permeates this beautiful place.<\/p>\n<p>After the meetings, the ITW group was challenged to a game of volleyball by the hospital staff.\u00a0 We split the two games we played, winning the first and taking a loss\u00a0in the second.\u00a0 Perhaps the most gratifying aspect of the game was the way the local people cheered our team on.\u00a0 Many people who we had just met were cheering for us over the hospital personnel.\u00a0 I guess that is an apt metaphor for our time here in Uganda.\u00a0 In just a very short time, these people feel more like family than acquaintances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-394\" title=\"54\" src=\"\/shop\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/54-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/54-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/54.png 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, June 12th:\u00a0 Today is our last day in Bwindi.\u00a0 We will meet at the hospital later today to\u00a0review our findings at each of the clinics and to start developing\u00a0a training plan for when we return.\u00a0 Last night the group &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/02\/24\/bringing-ultrasound-to-uganda-with-itw-part-18\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[11,9,10,2],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}