Last night during our rounds on the ward Jenny and Lauren taught Christine how to play Crazy 8's...and she ended up beating us many times! Tomorrow night the Haitian nurses will be covering the ward and we will say goodbye to Ois and Christopher.
For those of us who worked night shift last night we didn't get very much sleep before clinic started. I saw around 30 patients today and I am getting a lot of practice with prescribing medications. Today I treated mostly PID, pneumonia, and lots of UTIs. It is so rewarding to help them, even if you are just giving them Tylenol for a simple headache. Overall the clinic saw about 200 patients today.
Clinic started to slow down mid-morning so Kez decided to take some of us to her neighborhood and a restaurant, while a few providers stayed behind. But by the time we got our things together to leave the clinic had filled up again, so we went back to help Janet and Dr. Lee handle the flood. After clinic was over, we were all able to rest during the afternoon.
This evening we played with the children on the roof again. It's so humbling how they just flock to you and hug you. They love to play with your hair and teach you their language and their games. They liked to sing songs from America to see if we knew them..mostly Beyonce, Michael Jackson, and Hannah Montana. Already they tell us they love us and that they will miss us when we go. They are beautiful children and I will miss them greatly. But I am ready to see my husband and my dog :) It's hard to believe that this journey started a week ago today.
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