day 3 (monday)
hey friends!!
today was another great day in the wonderful city of moyobamba. we headed to yontalo for day 1 of our clinical work. it was rainy but we made the best of it.
its a known fact that ken is NOT a morning person and he likes to keep the lights off as long as possible, doris (being the loving mother she is) kept the lights off this morning as she was getting ready. she arrives in yontola with two different shoes on her feet, one black and one brown. we are so lucky to have someone like doris on our trip to teach us its okay to laugh at ourselves.
we thought that was funny until we realized we had left sara and eileen (aka my two adopted grandmothers) back at la cosona. if ANYONE knows how to make lemonade out of lemons it is these two ladies. they were still in good spirits when they showed up an hour later.
we saw 75 people at yontalo today. jay and taylor (he wants to be called tayter tot and im only appeasing him because he is standing over my shoulder as i write this) were in charge of triage. they took blood pressure and asked basic questions. alexis stephanie and I were on team dental. genie and ken and doris managed the pharmacy while myra handled patient care. erin rhonda mary and karen did the glasses. eileen sara and bob played with the kids. john did his thing. april helped with everyones station and then ofcourse dr pringle was the amazing pediatrician. justin was our lifesavor and translated everytime he heard someone utter the words ¨"no hablo espanol".
it goes without saying (but ofcourse i will because i am blogging) that victor and elizabeth were amazing helpers. they took care of everything from getting us to yontola to translating and setting up the clinic. Leslie helped with translating and much, much more.
more later
xoxoxoxoxoxoox
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