{"id":1260,"date":"2014-06-04T18:46:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T18:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soddo.org\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2014-06-04T18:46:52","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T18:46:52","slug":"thank-you-dr-gray-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soddo.org\/am\/thank-you-dr-gray-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you, Dr. Gray and family!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, we waved goodbye to the Gray family who have been a part of this hospital for the past six years.\u00a0 Dr. Paul Gray came to Soddo to be a General Surgeon, and for much of that time, he was the only one.\u00a0 He served in many roles during his time here including Medical Director and Director of the PAACS residency program.\u00a0 His wife, Becca, served as the Guest Coordinator for all the short-termers that come through, and in recent days she coordinated charity surgeries through the Watsi program.<\/p>\n<p>The Grays are loved by many in Soddo, and much could be said about what God accomplished through them during their time here.\u00a0 More, in fact, than could fill the pages of this blog.\u00a0 God used Paul\u2019s skillful hands to save the lives of countless patients, and his excellent teaching skills to pass the knowledge on to the residents.\u00a0 His administrative skills contributed much to shaping the vision of the hospital, as well as reams of documents and curriculum related to the PAACS program.\u00a0 He spent countless hours in intentional discipleship and Bible study with the residents.\u00a0 Becca patiently coordinated guests\u2019 comings and goings, as well as served out of her professional background as a dietician.\u00a0 Not to mention raising two kids on the mission field.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, one of the residents told a story that really encapsulated Dr. Gray\u2019s attitude when it came to patients.\u00a0 There were two patients in the ICU who had just received tracheostomies \u2013 a temporary airway placed in the neck.\u00a0 One of our residents had been called to see the patients because they were in distress\u2026 at the same time!\u00a0 In fact both of them were on the verge of cardiac arrest.\u00a0 The resident called Dr. Gray, but as can often happen here, the network dropped the call just as he was beginning to explain the issue.\u00a0 On instinct, Dr. Gray rushed from his house to the ICU arriving, in the words of the resident, \u201cbefore I even put my phone back in my pocket!\u201d\u00a0 The patients were suffering from occluded trach tubes, which Dr. Gray immediately remedied and saved both of their lives.\u00a0 The reason this story had such a huge impact on the resident, was that it is counter-cultural for\u00a0a distinguished surgeon to come running.\u00a0 Especially when summoned by someone <em>lower<\/em> than them in social hierarchy. \u00a0(Much more common to run when you are called by someone who outranks you). \u00a0Also, many times a resident would be left to fend for themselves. \u00a0Dr. Gray\u2019s servant mindset toward his patients (and the resident) saved their life that day, and made an indelible mark on that resident.<\/p>\n<p>We will miss you Grays!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soddo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gray-family-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soddo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gray-family-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"gray-family-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, we waved goodbye to the Gray family who have been a part of this hospital for the past six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thank you, Dr. Gray and family! 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