Alta
dia, alta adventura...
Ramelle,
a senior leadership student had a wonderful vision in her head for running
clinic today. She shared it last night. When we got to St. Vincent’s the vision
became a distant memory. Having anticipated the unknown - I was prepared to
write an alternative plan; after working out a few kinks -
success.
The
issue, a physical therapy clinic in the large room. [Normally the nurses would have their wellness assessments in the large room.
Apparently there were other activities going on, so they had to relocate to the
smaller exam rooms in the clinic building.]
Problem
2: A bag full of supplies was left behind, leaving us with one otoscope to
evaluate the children’s ears... we did this during the assessment with height,
weight and arm circumference. Solved.
Problem
3: A student observed water placed into the cold container was not sealed and we
received misinformation that it was not clean... Oh no, this would require
each of us to have a “cipro shot” after dinner. Not true, Pere Sadoni confirmed
about 3 hours later the water was indeed clean and good to
drink.
Okay
all the little stuff out of the way... we saw 60 children, distributed 60
hygiene kits.
[Other] children not seen [in
clinic were]
walking
around motioning brushing their teeth and wanting kits. The first child to
complete his assessment was very proud and went around the yard waving his new
kit tormenting this peers with the biggest smile!!! As always - the [pi
wi lis] (dum
dum lollipops to us) were a welcome treat.
We
took a little walking tour to the bookstore and a side trip to the nun’s
retirement home in terrible disrepair. These frail little ladies were so happy
to see people - young people in particular, they were eager to give everyone of
us a kiss.
The
trip home (to the guest house) required a short side trip to the market. Now
that Summer [nursing
student who fainted at church yesterday due to the heat] has
regained her appetite, there is little if any candy, chips and soda left!! We
have discovered these little cookies - kind of a vanilla wafer with coconut and
they will be a great addition to the Sundays for the
carnival.
After
a very long trip home.... terrible traffic, numerous accidents and road rage we
made it home. The team was
meeting
around the pool and all
went
well,
until Summer accidentally helped Jennifer into the pool and Clark assisted with a
gentle pull of the ankles. Jennifer was a good sport and promised not to hurt
anyone tonight but they are on notice......
We
had goat for dinner. I had peanut butter.
Supplies
are all together for tomorrow, otoscopes checked with new batteries, students
are working on log sheets, Ramelle, Laura (picture lady) and Christen are
working on posters with the pictures of last spring for the children to
see.
Another
successful and blessed day.
P.S. we heard that Shermedia, a [nursing] student who was going to
join us had successful surgery and the preliminary report was negative for
cancer. Truly a blessing!!
Dr. Sue Trzynka teaches nursing students at CBU in Memphis and lives in Jackson, TN.
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