Day 4

The second full day of the mission started a lot better. Our transportation arrived on time and we travelled an hour to our next location. Distance wise the sites are not that far away, it just takes time to negotiate all the traffic.

Our second site was a little rec center with an adjacent soccer field. It was a lot easier to setup and work because everything was paved and standard buildings. We saw less people today, more mothers and kids. One women was very sick and our paramedic Tom gave her several doses of IV fluids and medications. She had recently had an operation that her family paid cashed for. She is diabetic and the surgery site was infected. She will need to return to the hospital.

I had several people that needed hearing tests, but I couldn't perform them because the only place with power that I could setup was an open air balcony next to the soccer field. Too noisy! We arranged for them to be tested on Friday when we will be in a real clinic. I spent the day helping Mike with the glasses and trying to teach him Spanish. Talk about the blind leading the blind!

It was a more relaxed pace and during the slow times some of our team played soccer with the litle kids. It was a lot of fun.

We will see what tomorrow brings.