Wow… I have written in awhile! Lets see, I’ll go all the way back to last Wednesday…
On Wednesday I shadowed the gastrologist at Hospitals of Hope with Katie. We saw a LOT of cases of heart burn while shadowing him, and also got to see an endoscopy. The endoscopy patient was fully awake for the entire procedure. The only thing the doctor did was skirt a little lidocaine down her throat a few seconds before he stuck the camera down her throat! I felt really bad that she wasn’t given anything more to numb her throat, but it was really cool to watch. In the afternoon all the volunteers went to the house for Ninos con Valor to put a second coat on the walls. It looked a LOT better with that second coat, and it was really nice to feel like we really helped the organization. Afterwards we went out to dinner at a taco place, which was pretty good but REALLY spicy J. Then we went to see HARRY POTTER!!! The Cine Center where we saw it was nicer than the theaters back home!
On Thursday I shadowed the cardiologist at Hospitals of Hope with Katie. He only had one patient, who needed to get an ECG (we call them EKG in the states). Afterwards we hung out in his office with one of the interns named Juan, and then the cardiologist said he would give us a power point lecture on how ECG’s work. (he is also a professor). The entire thing was in Spanish, but I actually think I got some things out of it!
On Friday I went to CBA and shadowed the Tramatologist (a tramatologist is similar to orthopedics). It was really interesting!! Dr. Mancilla is really nice, and even though he doesn’t speak English, he is great to shadow because he explains everything to us! After that we went to La Concha to find presents for “la dia de Amistad” (friendship day). La dia de Amistad is a national holiday in Bolivia. All the volunteers put their names in a hat and similar to secret santa picked someone to get a gift for. I drew one of the house moms, and ended up getting her a fuzzy llama statue J. After shopping we decided to go out for Chinese! I know what you may be thinking, Chinese in Bolivia is probably horrible, but it was actually some of the best Chinese food I have ever had J.
In the morning on Saturday a few of the volunteers and I went on a tour of the mansion that’s behind our guesthouse. The mansion was built in the early 1800s by a man who made it BIG in tin. Apparently he only lived there for 3 days, but the house is kept up for tours. It was BEAUTIFUL!! Katie has a skype date with her parents… will continue later!
Chau!
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