This morning we went to Daniel Carrion hospital, I am in men's surgery this week. We got to follow a really nice doctor, Dr. Suazo, in external consultations, who explained a lot to me in Spanish. We had a nice warm up by getting a full on naked man butt view and check up of an abcess like in his butt crack...freaking nasty!!! But the doctor took out several people's sutures from appendix surgery and explained a lot to us, what I could get from Spanish at least. However, I felt like I was for sure going to pass out and hit the ground and have to get cared for in that nasty hospital at one point when he was cleaning a woman's wounds from some rough surgery she had had in a rural town after a tree had fallen on her abdominal area, which was all torn up...it was nasty, and I for real had to fight off passing out. The feeling would not go away after her so I'm not sure if it was her or if it was just standing up for so long without sitting down, but it was close and miserable. I finally had to leave and find a bathroom just to sit down for a minute! It was bad, and I left my poor partner who speaks no Spanish stranded to try and understand! Weird morning, but I did talk to the doctor and I think we may be able to watch a surgery with him on Wednesday, let's just hope I don't get the same feeling or I really may pass out! Surgery is not for me I don't think...

After, we went to the nicer insurance hospital, EsSalud and went around the pediatric ward just bringing crayons and coloring books to the patients and talking to them and coloring with them. I went into one room with a precious little 2 year old boy and his mom and an 11 year old boy and talked to them for about an hour. One had been poisoned by a bad spider bite, and the little boy had some sort of bad arthritis that he had to have several surgeries on and is in the hospital for 30 days getting treatment! Or at least that's what I could understand..It was fun to bring some distraction and fun to the kids as well as the moms there.

This afternoon we are headed to the HIV shelter to do a lesson with the kids on staying in school and professions and then just hang out with them.