Time is flying!!

My day started as i watched my 5 cordobas coin drop from my hand, roll down the side walk, jump two loose stones and then jump the curb into a huge puddle of greenish stagnant water...it was actually rather impressive, so instead of getting disappointed that I lost a bus trip worth of money, I knew it was going to be a great day!

I was at the clinic in San Blas again today with Moises! It started off slow and we just hung around talked for awhile. We didn´t do any consults today, but a lot of people were coming in to get some tests and treatments done! The lady with the fungus and open wound came back in today, so I got to clean up her foot and get a fresh bandage on for her! She´s such a sweet little lady, she started to talk to be a little bit more today! I think Moises is getting more confident with my abilities to do things, because today he made me do everyhting and just watched or a lot of the times just left me to do it by self. I did some glucose tests, took some blood pressure, and got to give this little boy his medicine through an injection. I felt sooo bad because he started crying when I gave it to him, but he assured me that it wasn´t because of me, he said it always hurts!

Moises and I spent most of our day doing the inventory of the meds in the pharmacy....so i literally counted every little tablet we had! He said that I really need to practice my proununciation of my numbers, so if anyone walked by they would have thought we were crazy because we keep shouting out numbers back and forth with eachother. He has a 4 yr old so he was making me sing the number song that he is teaching his son! It was very entertaining! He also made me practice rolling my R´s! So it was a day full of learning medicine and spanish!

After we finished with the inventory, which we found out that we have run out of most of the meds, I jumped on the back of his motorcycle with med bags in hand and we went to this families farm. We walked in and there was the cutest little old lady sitting up in her bed. We were there because we needed to change her IV and give her some vitamins. This was probably the most creative practice of medicince I have seen so far! Moises tied the bottle of fluids from the ceiling with a rope so it hangs over her bed, he had to inject the vitamins so he stabbed a hole in the top if the bottle, and then we wrapped the bottle of fluids in a paper bag so the light comming in won´t affect the absorption of the vitamins. I really should have taken a piture! It was so funny looking up and seeing a bottle of fluids with a syringe sticking out of the top of it hanging from the ceiling! I have such a great respect for the doctors here, because they are very limited on supplies but still manage to make what they have work and give the best care they can to their paitients!

I´m starting to put a list together of random thoughts:

1.I have an opened mind on modes of transportation and how many people can really fit
2.A rush of excitment comes when you turn the focet and theres actually water
3.I don´t fit anywhere (feet hang off the bed, head hits the ceiling, knees don´t fit under things)
4.It´s ALWAYS hot!!!
5.Creatures are always in my room (I have this mouse who makes noises at me eveyrtime I turn off the lights)
6.They value family more than anything else here
7.Who ever invented the fan is my hero
8.Everything I´ve eaten has been amazing
9.Either little kids are mezmorized by me or just terrified
10.The doctors down here are amazing and work in very difficult conditions
11. The internet cafe has lady gaga, keisha and pitbull on a constant replay
12.Working outside all day is exhausting
13.Many people live without running water,electricity, clean clothes, real beds
14.Being able to educate these people is such an amazing experience
15. Listening to a fetal heart beat still makes me unbelievibly excited (especially when we have to listen to it here with a normal stethoscope!)
16.Being here and helping these people is the best experience I´ve ever had
17.I might not be able to change the world, but I can definitely do my part!