Elder Green has surgery! (This is for you Brother and Sister Green!)

Even though we pray for the protection and good health of all our missionaries, every now and then we have a little emergency! Two days ago Elder Green started feeling pain in his side. He called me yesterday just as we were starting a RS Birthday party activity in Iasi. "Sora Ashby, my side started to hurt under my ribs two days ago but it has gotten progressively worse and now it hurts to walk," he said. This didn't sound right to me. I immediately called our doctor in Germany and we decided he needed to get to Bucharest for some tests. Rather than risk the over-night ride it would take from Cluj-Napoca to Bucharest, we put he and his companion, Elder Dabbling, on a plane and got them there within a few hours. When they reached the Euro Clinic and did several tests, it was confirmed that Elder Green did indeed have appendicitis. To make a long story short, they operated today at about 2:00 pm and everything went perfectly. The only glitch in the whole thing was that he told them he wanted to be put out and they misunderstood him and only numbed him from the waiste down! He got to watch the whole surgery. He was a little nervous at first but then said he found it quite interesting. And no, he did not experience any pain! Just so you know, we are extremely careful about who we have take care of our missionaries. This clinic is a private one and is immaculately clean and is staffed with very good doctors. If there was ever anything really serious or technical we would fly them to Germany. The health and good care of these elders and sisters is very, very important to us!
Elder Green after his surgery. His companion is staying with him night and day and is making sure his immediate needs are being taken care of. As you can see, he also has a cute nurse and this is the closest he will be to a cute girl for the next two years!