Our greeting this morning was the warmest yet! About 20 kids all lined up in their chairs against the wall shouting "Buenos Dias!!" to us as we entered the schoolyard. I think everyone knew it was going to be a good and busy day at that moment. :)
The setup went smoothly for all and in the background the beat of some Latin music played while the students danced in their classrooms in celebration of Valentines Day. We all greeted each other with a hola y feliz dia del carino!
Getting into the nitty gritty, the Medical Team decided to tackle the project of organizing all the medication. Dr. West and Dorothy Caruso made amazing progress with their efforts. PT Maureen Gonzales was also able to treat many patients today. She treated one pregnant woman for lower back pain and gave her exercises to do to help ease her pain. She also treated another woman for neck and back pain. Maureen is using the Mackenzie approach to treatment because the patients are taught exercises that will resolve their pain. In effect, the patients can then treat themselves. Dr. Paquette reported that she was seeing a lot of patients who needed prenatal vitamins, coughs, colds, fevers, diabetes, rashes, and musculoskeletal pain. Maureen Welch was impressed, “Everyone has had their vaccinations.” she explained. That surprised her because it was seemingly the only health care these people receive, there is virtually no continued health care after people receive their vaccinations.
Over on the Dental side, Amy Carusso spent time coaching patients on proper oral health care and the correct way to brush their teeth. Dr. Methven and Dr. Ransom decided to organize their day a bit differently than before. They both saw about ten patients in rapid exams in order to identify their treatments. Using this method, they were able to triage the acute patients to be seen first and it also allowed the Dentists to give the dental students treatment plans that would be challenging. Not to be out done, Dr. Methven challenged himself by performing a root canal for a young woman who looked like she should have lost both her front teeth. He asked us to translate to her that she was too beautiful to just have both her front teeth extracted and that was what motivated him to save her teeth.
In a surprising turn, the Water team showed up with less than pleasing news. Just as they were about to complete the water purification project, the Vuelta Grande town representative sprung a twist into their plans. He wanted the UV system to be installed, BUT, he wanted Cathy Furtornick to purchase all of her supplies from him. Apparently this man owns a company that sells clean water supplies and because Cathy had already purchased her supplies in the states and was not willing to purchase from this man, he informed her that she was not going to be able to go forward with her work. Cathy seemed visibly turned off by this turn of events but remained a bit hopeful that Jacques would be able to negotiate something with this guy. To be continued . . .
The setup went smoothly for all and in the background the beat of some Latin music played while the students danced in their classrooms in celebration of Valentines Day. We all greeted each other with a hola y feliz dia del carino!
Getting into the nitty gritty, the Medical Team decided to tackle the project of organizing all the medication. Dr. West and Dorothy Caruso made amazing progress with their efforts. PT Maureen Gonzales was also able to treat many patients today. She treated one pregnant woman for lower back pain and gave her exercises to do to help ease her pain. She also treated another woman for neck and back pain. Maureen is using the Mackenzie approach to treatment because the patients are taught exercises that will resolve their pain. In effect, the patients can then treat themselves. Dr. Paquette reported that she was seeing a lot of patients who needed prenatal vitamins, coughs, colds, fevers, diabetes, rashes, and musculoskeletal pain. Maureen Welch was impressed, “Everyone has had their vaccinations.” she explained. That surprised her because it was seemingly the only health care these people receive, there is virtually no continued health care after people receive their vaccinations.
Over on the Dental side, Amy Carusso spent time coaching patients on proper oral health care and the correct way to brush their teeth. Dr. Methven and Dr. Ransom decided to organize their day a bit differently than before. They both saw about ten patients in rapid exams in order to identify their treatments. Using this method, they were able to triage the acute patients to be seen first and it also allowed the Dentists to give the dental students treatment plans that would be challenging. Not to be out done, Dr. Methven challenged himself by performing a root canal for a young woman who looked like she should have lost both her front teeth. He asked us to translate to her that she was too beautiful to just have both her front teeth extracted and that was what motivated him to save her teeth.
In a surprising turn, the Water team showed up with less than pleasing news. Just as they were about to complete the water purification project, the Vuelta Grande town representative sprung a twist into their plans. He wanted the UV system to be installed, BUT, he wanted Cathy Furtornick to purchase all of her supplies from him. Apparently this man owns a company that sells clean water supplies and because Cathy had already purchased her supplies in the states and was not willing to purchase from this man, he informed her that she was not going to be able to go forward with her work. Cathy seemed visibly turned off by this turn of events but remained a bit hopeful that Jacques would be able to negotiate something with this guy. To be continued . . .
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