Friday, June 29:
At hospice today I washed/cut hair, did nails, gave arm/hand massages,
repositioned, and tube fed patients. Any takers for a haircut when I get back
to the states?! I accept ca$h ;)
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| Maximo es muy guapo. He is blind which is the only reason he agreed to let me cut his hair. |
Saturday, June 30:
BEACH DAY! I didn’t even feel like I was in Peru.
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| Pisco Sours<3 |
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| We stayed to watch the sunset :) |
Sunday, July 1:
Fifty missionaries showed up this morning so we made sure to get down to
breakfast on time. They're here all week so things will be a little kray. All
60 some of us went to Hogar Madre del Redentor which is a preventative home for
girls who have been raised in potentially abusive situations. They live in a
nice compound under the supervision of nuns. Rosana took my hand when I arrived
and she stayed by my side all afternoon. Some of the other girls performed
cultural dances for us.
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| Rosana! |
Monday, July 2: My
morning was spent at a midwife clinic. The midwife was super cool. She saw
about 32 patients per day for pregnancy check-ups. She also had a delivery
room where she delivered non-complicated pregnancies. While I was there, a
laboring woman came in and lucky for me, she progressed rapidly so I got to
witness the birth. This patient made the birthing process look like a piece of
cake. No pain meds, no significant other, very few moaning noises and the baby
was out before her second push. Awesome stuff!! Yay, babies. The midwife actually
took time to deliver the placenta without yanking and pulling at the woman. How
nice of her. I haven’t seen patience like this in the US. She allowed me to do
vaginal exams on her patients. For most people this probably sounds disgusting,
but it was pretty sweet considering this doesn’t usually happen for nurses in
the US. This afternoon Haley and I accompanied one of the parish nurses, Jackie,
to a couple of home visits. The patients we visited were being monitored
for high blood pressure and we took vitals, compared data, cleaned/cut/filed their nails, and washed their feet. This was my first time being inside one of the local homes.
The floors were dirt, chickens roamed free, walls were
made of sticks, bamboo, tarp, cement, among other things. The patients, per
usual, were so friendly and gracious. At mass tonight the girls from Hogar
Madre del Redentor showed up. We seem to have new visitors with
us every mass... It makes the mass feel less redundant.
