As expected, the camera was right where I left it and now we have some pictures and stories to share..
Yesterday we treated a young woman - Emily - who in addition to some cavities - was also missing a front tooth. I took some impressions and got those over to Jack ( the false tooth technician ) who got to work on a prosthesis she could use.
More on Emily later. You notice that the glasses I am wearing look odd. Or maybe it is just my face. Regardless, the frames are a stark reminder not to send cheap sunglasses through the autoclave. The lenses melted out and the frames were ...interesting. We brought two pairs of cheap sunglasses for the patients to wear because of the bright lights.
Emily, Jack and I with her new front tooth. She had been missing the front tooth for so long we had to train her to smile.
Jorge had 12 cavities and just about wore me out. The bent glasses are a reflection of how my back felt.
Around midday a huge storm rolled through and dropped thumb size chunks of hail and heavy rains. The power went out for about three minutes until the back up generator kicked it. It was nice having the lights down for a bit. We just kept working since my lights were all battery powered.
Susan took this picture out our window at the clinic of the downpour. Reminded us that we are in the tropics.
More pictures of patients we had today. We tried to have fun and they appreciated it.
Fernando - our last patient of the day. Our fingers show 7 - 9 - 9 for the total number of patients treated at the clinic.
This is the map I brought with little stickers we put on the map for where just our patients were from. Most were from Guatemala City area as you can tell by the big clump in the middle. Red was the first two days, then blue, green and yellow for separate days. We think there are about 80 dots on the map. Count them and let us know if we are off ......
Today was the last day of clinic and after everyone had been treated we started packing up and cleaning and taking equipment apart. We will miss our little clinic spot where we spent over 60 hours of our life. But we will miss
the wonderful friends and experiences even more. Look forward to the next opportunity to serve already !
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