After a long weekend of carnival, work will resume tomorrow
for Ecuador. Including us, most people used this day as a “recovery day”.
Shopping was busier today than usual and we only saw a few people that
threatened with water or foam spray. We spent a laid back afternoon playing,
but in general, it was a slow day.
I will part ways from Bethany and the kids again tomorrow
for work. This week will be a bit different as I will be participating in a
medical brigade from Montana State University. Tomorrow I will be seeing
patients at Centro Medico. Patients that have reserved an appointment will be
seen first and then I will see patients that are referred from staff and
students in the MSU brigade. I am fairly positive that I will be the only PT involved
with the brigade. This is my first medical mission brigade so I am excited to
see the dynamics and am hoping to incorporate something similar at South
Alabama in the future. Wednesday night I will probably go to the weekly bible
study with the Oviedos. Although, I am thinking that the bible study might be
cancelled this week because of Ash Wednesday services.
Thursday will be a regular home visit day with Mercedes. I
decided to break away from the brigade for one day because there are a lot of
home visits to make in Burneo. We hope to continue our momentum from previous
weeks. Last week, we noted significant progress on a middle aged patient with a
rare form of muscular dystrophy and an elderly patient with balance and gait
impairments. We also observed a few patients who admitted doing little over the
last month and had no improvement to show. This is a little deflating but the
trends in home exercise compliance seem similar to patients in the States.
Thursday night I am hoping for a good meal with the brigade from MSU.
Friday, I will be back with the brigade at another small
community in Santo Domingo. The set up will be similar to Wednesday, except
that it will be in a different section of Santo Domingo. I will try to catch a bus around 430 or 5 to
head back to Quito on Friday night as usual.
Pray that the brigade is a success both for the patients and
students involved.
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