Clinic Day 2

We started the morning at 0630 with breakfast consisting of omelets, fresh fruit, and the traditional rice and beans. The bus departed at 0730 from Hotel Ticomo to the school where we set up our 2nd day of clinic. Clinic doors opened at 0900 with patients lined up waiting to be seen. We cared for a variety of complaints ranging from rashes, abdominal issues, breast lumps, cirrhosis of the liver, and a severe leg wound. Dr. Nikki was 3 for 3 with her positive pregnancy tests. One of the LifeLink employees that received an ultrasound yesterday, went into labor last night, and delivered a healthy baby. The heat played a major factor today, but thankfully "Mama" Julie kept pushing water and gatorade, and took turns "fanning" us. Lunch consisted of turkey sandwiches, PB&J, fresh, local bananas, apples, hard-boiled eggs, and of course, chips and salsa. We did a better job with the patient flow today, wrapping up the clinic around 3:00, but had to wait approximately an hour for our ride. This gave us a chance to mingle with the local children and dogs. Jenny G. had three little boys laughing hysterically while they watched a video she took of them. It's such a blessing to have the opportunity to care for these people, who are so grateful and appreciative of what we're doing for them. One of our patients stopped us as we were leaving and wished us the best of luck, and hoped that we would return in the near future. We arrived back at the hotel this evening where we sat around the hotel pool and relaxed after a hard days work. Dinner is shortly to come, then it's early to bed so that we're up and ready for another day of clinic tomorrow. Thanks for continuing to follow the blog. We're working on posting more pictures (hopefully tonight). Niki and Sarah R.