Before heading to work Wednesday morning, Debby took a swing over the water.
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| Headed to work. |
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| Nueva Esperanza |
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| Our clinic for the day, the village church. |
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| People would wait in line for hours. |
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| Debby and Harri prepping a dog. |
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| Dr. B and Luis attempting to deworm a monkey. |
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| At times we would be monitoring multiple patients at once. |
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| Betty examining a dog. |
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| The recovery area was often packed. |
After working all morning we headed to lunch.
After lunch we were treated to a tour of the village's hospital. The hospital provides services to 14 local villages.
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| Harri and Dr. B |
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| The delivery room |
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| The waiting room |
We had about an hour boat ride back to the lodge and as we were leaving Nueva Esperanza it started to rain. We covered the supplies and ourselves with tarps and continued to head home.
Then the boat's motor died. Luckily we were near Buena Vista, the village we had worked in the previous day. After about fifteen minutes of waiting in the boat, Christian (our guide from the lodge) was able to borrow another motor.
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| Attempting to stay dry. |
Back at the lodge it was once again time to clean all of the surgery packs.
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| Scrubbing drapes... |
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| ...and hanging them to dry. |
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| Scrubbing instruments |
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| Cutting cotton gauze squares. |
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| Our "autoclave" to sterilize packs. |
After making all of the surgery packs for the next day, there was still some time to relax.
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| Our three doctors, Luis, Kendall, and Betty. |
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| Our final dinner at the lodge. |
Since it was our last night at the lodge our wonderful chef made us our very own dessert.
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| Flan with apple slices...unfortunately it does not photograph well. |
