Tuesday, July 3: I
spent another, less exciting morning at the midwife clinic. Jacki, one of the parish nursing assistants, took Haley
and I on home visits in the afternoon. We walked to get helado (ice cream)
after dinner. Ah, delicious.
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| Arriving at the midwife clinic via motortaxi |
Wednesday, July 4:
The kitchen was elaborately decorated in red, white, and blue. We started our
day with a 4th of July presentation at the Parish School. The effort that was
put into this USA assembly was awesome! During the day we went about our usual
clinical business. I spent the morning with an OB/GYN that is visiting with a
group of 50 missionaries from Arizona. She was totally awesome and I got to do
three spec exams on her patients in the pro-life clinic. Mass tonight was 90
minutes long because it was a special healing mass which the parish has every
first Wednesday of the month. A nearby village hosted us for a post-dinner 4th
of July celebration. Music, fireworks, and dancing.
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| Decorations! |
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| At the parish school |
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| My little Peruvian BF at the evening fiesta. Happy 4th! |
Thursday, July 5:
I have acquired a permanent stench from my morning spent at hospice. This afternoon I did 6 home visits!
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| Haley doing a tube feeding for Maximino at the hospice center. |
Friday, July 6: My
morning spent at hospice involved a very nauseating diaper change. 'nuff said.
Saturday, July 7:
This morning we took our Peruvian family to the open market where we bought
them two mattresses and food. The rest of the day involved napping and lounging
around :)
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| Hanging out at the parish |
