Thursday, June 9, 2011

So this morning we went to the hospital and I did more rounds in women's surgery just following the doctors and med students checking on post-op and pre-op pacients, nothing really new today. Except we finished early so I went up with them to the small pediatric surgery ward to do those rounds, and the children were so precious. Most all of them had appendicitis and were either about to have surgery or already had, there were two precious little girls that I talked to a little bit, and one screaming boy! It is so sad how they just have everyone crammed in the wards, i mean sometimes even a bed at the foot of another bed because there is no room. One of the med students today told me that the reason why they have so many intestinal problems and stones here is because their diet, they consume so many carbs and drink hardly any water because it is so unclean here anyway so they just drink sugary drinks and juices all the time. Also, supposedly the high altitude causes the digestive system to enlarge and move slower? Anyway, after this we went to a special needs school and just played outside with the kids for about an hour and a half. Wheww, exhausting! They were really cute and funny, but it is just so sad because many of them were both physically disabled and mentally hardly there at all. Lots of CP and down syndrome children among others, about 20 kids there, and lots of balls flying around and just chaos! This afternoon we are going to the HIV Center to give a lesson on nutrition and health to the moms mostly and some kids too, then I think also just play with the kids who live there.

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