Sadly I'm down to my last days. With the interns here my days have been full with clinic, answering their questions, teaching them, and working on posters for health education talks i've been giving once a week and Las Pitas clinic and Sedano clinic. Monday I set my record for the most patients I've seen in a 3-4 hour half day (we comute 2+ hours each way to get to the clinic, so that doesn't leave us much time to see all the patients who've also walked 3-4 hours to get there and then wait for their turn): I saw 20 patients at Las PItas and Lexie (the nurse) saw the other 3. Today we had 45 patients, but Dr. Juliette was with us. I got there late with the interns and the driver for the interns, Joel, because the vehicle he drives wouldn't start this morning (like usual) and they finally had to wait on the mechanic. I gave my 30-45 minute health discussion/class/talk in Spanish and then joined Dr. Juliette in seeing patients. I think I may have seen 15 patients, and she saw the rest.
Tomorrow is my last day to work and then I fly out of Tegus on Friday at noon. Then back to the real world. I fly into Houston on friday and have to be in Tulsa by 6pm Sunday for the beginning of my internship/residency orientation. At some point (probably Sunday) i plan to pass through Ft. Worth to pick up the last of my stuff from my place in Ft Worth to complete my move up to Tulsa. :(
And life goes on.
On a happy note, I've been running at the ranch every day since i've been here. I've only missed 2 days since I've been here. Katie, one of the missionaries has been running with me too. And today two of the intern guys (Bryan and Chanler) ran with me. Yeah for running! :)
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