The past two days have both been amazing work days!
Yesterday, Chelcy and I went with Dr. Moises to Santa Ana, the extremely poor community I worked in a little last week. Unfortunately I didn´t get to ride on the back of a motorcycle this time, but we did take the mototaxi and then had to walk a good ways through the mud. The night before it rained a lot and it flooded all the streets so the mototaxi couldn´t pass! So we walked through the flooded fields, through herds of cattle and horses until we reached Santa Ana!
We hung around a little talking to the locals and waited at the little community center where we were going to have our lecture. We made a powerpoint, but of course the electricity went out!! So we gave our presentation on the importance of brushing your teeth and washing your hands to about 25 children and their families! It was really an amazing experience being able to educate this people, especially in things that can help prevent serious illnesses! They were very receptive of our little lecture and I think we were really able to get through to them. This things seem so simple to us but to them a lot of this information is new! Hopefully, this next generation will be able to help educate others and the future generation of this community!!
Today I was at the clinic in San Blas with Dr. Moises! He is such an amazing person to watch and learn from, all of his patients absolutely love him and he spends so much time with each individual! We had a lot of interesting patients come in today! I really love working with the little babies the best, it breaks my heart every time I hear one with an awful cough or see a malnourished child. And I realize that I can´t waste my energy being upset by this and instead realize that I am doing all I can to get them healthy and stay healthy!
I got to re-dress the woman´s foot with the fungus and open flesh wound again today!! I think the people I work with think its funny when I get excited to do those things so they just let me do it now! They taught me today how to give injections in the veins, so I´m super excited because I get to do it by myself tomorrow! Yay!!
Dr. Moises is so good at explaining everything and putting me on the spot about what should be done in certain situations. So far I think I´m doing pretty well with responding even in spanish! Everytime he sends me to go work on a patient by myself he calls after me to try not to faint! Haha they make fun of me everyday, I don´t think I´m going to ever live that one down!
We are working on a list of medical supplies and medication, for donations!! They really need anything and everything here! Lance, Chelcy´s boyfriend, is coming to Nicaragua next weekend and is going to fill up his suitcases with donations! Once we figure out more of the logistics of getting donation here I´m going to ask for everyone´s help!! There are so many people here that would be so grateful for any help that you could give!
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