Well, week two has begun. Today 3 surgeries were done. There was supposed to be 4 but one person didn’t show up. Medical teams had a good day. Team #1 saw 450 patients and team #2 saw 465. They will be tired when the week is over but it will be a tired that has been worth it. Another reason for keeping track of the number of patients at clinic is to give them an idea of how much medication they may need for the next trip.

During clinic today Vonda and Jordan were working in triage. A man told them to move away from the tree. They looked and a green snake was in the tree. Of course they moved away and so did a lot of other people. He told them it wasn’t poisonous that it was just a grass snake.

Diana noted when someone there drops a pill they just pick it up, blow it off and put it in their mouth. I guess at the hospital if you drop a pill it goes in the garbage.

Rebecca Diaz said she was attacked by a lizard. Apparently it ran up her leg. All turned out fine.

Jack said the patients just kept coming and kept coming to the clinic today. The supply of medication was getting low but seemed to last and last. Jack said it reminded him of Jesus feeding the 5000.  But alas, the medication did run out.

The team decided to make a top ten list of things they miss so here it is…….

#10…..not having to wear deet everytime they go outside

# 9……cold milk

# 8……pizza

# 7……Dr. Pepper

# 6……seatbelts

# 5…….no dust

# 4…….good roads

# 3…….traffic laws

# 2…….their bed

# 1…….ICE

That’s about all for today. I may not get a chance to post until late tomorrow evening. I’ll be traveling from North Carolina back to Odessa. I’ll post as soon as I can.

Hope all is well with each of you……..

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