GLMS ALLIANCE NEWS
AUTHOR Debi McDonald
The GLMS Alliance exists to promote support among physician families and better the health and wellness of our community through
supporting local charities. Together we live a life unique to the challenges and rewards of being a physician family. If you are a physician or
the spouse/child/parent of a physician, please JOIN US! For more information, visit the Alliance link on the GLMS.org website.
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n the summer of 2019, five members of the
GLMS Alliance went on a medical mission trip
to Uganda. When we returned, we escorted
a child named Logose back to the US where
she was to have heart surgery at Norton Chil-
dren’s Hospital, via a program in conjunction
with Healing the Children/KY. She became
very dear to her escorts and her Louisville host,
GLMS Alliance member Rebecca Dixon. Logose
returned with her newly patched heart to Ugan-
da in late August. We are happy to report she is
doing great! Her father came to have a check-up
at the Ugandan children’s hospital that sponsored
her, Whisper’s Magical Children’s Hospital. The
hospital graciously sent us photos and videos of
her visit. She can now run and play like a normal,
healthy five-year-old and attend school with other
children; things that would be impossible due to
the danger of overexertion and infection prior to
her surgery. We hope to be able to catch up with
her through the years on return trips to Uganda.
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