email from Anne - One of the nurses on Michael's team

"We got to the hospital this morning with every single patient that we operated on yesterday back outside in the hospital courtyard. Multiple repaired horrible injuries were lifted on their families backs and ran to the outside during the earthquake this morning. It was chaos. They were all so scared, as you can imagine. We all cried together - then we got back to work. All in all, it was a very good day. Chris Achterman - one of the pediatric ortho guys, had 2 kids in the OR and did 2 of the most beautiful spica casts I have ever seen, using sticks to support the 2 casted legs apart. What a team effort we have going here, supporting one another."