Adios Clinca

We woke up to cooler weather this morning (101 instead of 102...just kidding). Omelets were made for breakfast, and some people made a Subway sandwich with their meal. Kayci rode by motorcycle to the clinic with Alex (our interpreter), and we all arrived to many patients again this morning.

Our day was slow, but we saw some interesting clinical cases. We were able to switch up some of our roles today in the clinic, with Jeremy helping supervise some of the pharmacy students while completing his favorite crossword puzzle and Joy helping Ernie with seeing patients. We saw our favorite VP shunt boy, a few MRSA patients, Marfan's Sydrome, and many patients with uncontrolled or unmedicated diabetes. We also had a new interpreter, originally from Michigan, who is now a nursing student here in Guatemala. It was interesting to be able to talk to her about her schooling and her take on this culture (she is living with her grandparents). It was great to have an interpreter in the pharmacy (our first time for week two) as we were able to counsel much more about disease states. Phil had a great counseling session with a man diagnosed with Diabetes, and was able to help him figure out how to change his diet to help manage his disease. Please check Kayci's bag when she gets home--she might be storing a Guatemalan baby or two.

At the end of the day, we were able to donate many of our medications and supplies to the nursing students. Chris gave her stethoscope to a nursing student that did not have one, and all of the nursing students received vitamins from us. We split our extra medications between the nursing students, Dr. Elry, and the children's shelter. We were all very sad leaving the clinic, as we had met a lot of new people who had brought us many laughs (especially the sisters that had helped us run the clinic for the last three days).

After the clinic, we all ate ice cream and it was delicious (said is a speak-singing voice from Jeremy). Some even ended up with some of the chocolate on their shirts! It was a great way to end the last day of the clinic.

For dinner, we had fish (with the heads already taken off--thank goodness)! Tomorrow we will be visiting a local children's shelter. We were told many of the kids have Rotovirus, so we will be visiting the Guatemalan Wal-Mart to buy Pedialyte for the children (and we will not be playing with them--we are afraid of Guatemalan Rotovirus).