My two days in Sto Dom were very productive last week. Thursday's home visits were a bit challenging because Mercedes little girl was sick and she had to pick her daughter up from school, which took most of the morning. I was on my own for three patients but the houses that I visited were all very close, friendly, and had family that would help with my broken Spanish. My first patient, offered me all kinds of delicious fruit that was grown in her backyard. I also enjoyed working with 2 children, brother and sister, whose mother is very engaged and works hard to complete all their exercises.
On Friday, I joined the brigade from Montana State for breakfast. I met 2 volunteers, who were married and both physicians. There daughter was a long term volunteer in Ecuador as a translator. Super nice and interesting family. The physician couple referred several patients to me during the course of the day at Plan de Vivian. I ended up seeing 15 patients that day and several that I had to refer back to CMHH to be seen next week. With extra patient's on the horizon, it is good that I will have a little help from Jared starting this week. I had to rush out on Friday evening to catch my bus back to Quito but it really was a fantastic 2 days.
A home visit on Thursday
Plan de Vivian Clinic on Friday
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