Searching for more opportunity

Since I did not get a grant from Mary Black and Spartanburg Regional, I will have to try somewhere else. My dad works for a company called Synthes and possibly his company gives out grants. I will have to discuss this further with my father and maybe email his boss, but maybe I could get a grant, finally. However, I do not know if this will work out and then I would have to think of another medical organization to contact. I could possibly talk to my mentor and see what he thinks and hopefully I could get at least one grant, which would make me extremely enthusiastic.

Grant Requesting

This past week I sent my grant request email to the Mary Black Foundation. To my surprise I received a return email the next day. Unfortunately they cannot do general solicitation requests for grants. Now I will have to think of another hospital or company to send a grant too. Hopefully, I can receive a grant from some sort of organization soon, because I am not having much luck lately.

In the OR, once again.

This past Monday I was able to go into the operating room at Mary Black Hospital again. This time the procedures and some of the equipment were new, and I was able to see these new instruments and procedures. Now I did not really know what they used to do before they had this new equipment, but what I did know is that the surgeons and nurses seemed to like the new equipment. The operation performed was a lumbar fusion, where the surgeons put 4 screws on each side of the person's lumbar and connected rods to each screw. They also removed some of the cartilage disks in the lumbar and replaced it with plastic spacers for more support. All in all the surgery was about 5 hours long, but it was very interesting to watch and a great experience and I would love to see more surgeries in the future.