{"id":81,"date":"2011-09-27T11:48:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T16:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/shop\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2015-08-24T07:16:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T12:16:24","slug":"itw-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/09\/27\/itw-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Ultrasound to Uganda with ITW (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, May 27th<\/sup><\/strong>: Today we fly from Dallas to Newark, then change planes and travel overnight from Newark to London.\u00a0 Once we reach London, we will wait most of the day at Heathrow for our overnight flight to Entebbe Uganda.<\/p>\n

So as I already stated in part 1, this adventure really began when Paul and I decided that we would go to Uganda to do site prep for a new group of clinics.\u00a0 As Paul learned about the project in Uganda, the idea was hatched that he could also get involved as part of his senior project at school.\"\"\u00a0 The senior project is intended to teach the boys about the value of community involvement.\u00a0 Although only a sophomore, the sheer size and time requirement of the project requires that he start a few years early.\u00a0 Paul put together a presentation about ITW and presented the idea to his form master and then his senior thesis advisor.\u00a0 It is Paul\u2019s job to do the planning, the organization, budgeting, documentation, and even some fund raising to deploy the ITW paradigm in three clinics which refer to the Bwindi Hospital.\u00a0 With approval from his form master (Fr. Paul) and thesis advisor (Fr. Gregory), the project planning began months ago.\u00a0 For the last few weeks, Paul has been trying to juggle school work and finals with time to create documents and to plan for this trip.\u00a0 (the pic is of Paul at the airport \u2013 relieved having finished his finals just the day before).<\/p>\n

My focus has been on creating software that can monitor internet performance to take some of the guess work out of data transmission.\u00a0 Although I have made some very good progress, the software is not yet what I hoped.\u00a0 Originally I though it might be possible to find software for purchase that would do what we need, but after testing software from five different companies, I have come to conclude that none can do exactly what we need.\u00a0 I did find one software program that provides some core needed functions.\u00a0 So finally, I decided to use that software (from a very small company) to perform the basic functions and then create home brewed software that integrates in with the purchased software to do the rest of what we need.\u00a0 It has been many years since I have written this type of software, and integrating home brewed software with existing software is never easy.\u00a0 As such, we are leaving today and I am not yet done.<\/p>\n

The last few days, I have spent making sure that we have all the necessary materials including anti-malarial drugs, mosquito netting, mosquito spray, unlocked dial up modems, a netbook for software testing, a signal booster, emergency flight evacuation insurance, and of course lots of candy for the kids (note that this list is far from comprehensive).\u00a0 I spent a few hours treating our clothing with permethrin to provide further protection against mosquito bites and the risk of contracting malaria.\u00a0 I joke that we will be spared malaria but that I will contract cancer from this relatively noxious spray.\u00a0 Through the miracles of carry on, Paul and I were able to fit everything into one checked bag, two carry on bags, and of course two \u201cpersonal items\u201d which consists of a red backpack and a black computer bag.\u00a0 Given how much candy we are carrying, I am sure that our return trip will be much lighter.<\/p>\n

I also packed another suitcase with suits, dress shirts and ties. \u00a0This suitcase will be mailed to the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago since when I return I will need to go there directly to lecture at the SVU\/SVS Conference (Society for Vascular Ultrasound and Society for Vascular Surgery).\u00a0 The contrast between these two suitcases could not be any greater.\u00a0 Flips flops and sandals for one and ties and wingtips for the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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