Introduction

This blog will follow me through my travels and experiences working at a clinic in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala. The clinic sees primarily indigenous (Mayan) patients in a rural mountain community. More than half of the patients are children, and the clinic is expanding its population even more to include more adults. Much of my struggles actually come from the rather universal theme of being a new healthcare provider, in my case, a new nurse practitioner. I'll also try to post plenty of travel stories to keep people entertained, and share some more cheerful stories. I apologize if there's an overkill of clinic stories. Sometimes it helps to tell the stories, even if only for my own sake.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Mobile Clinics: Daycare #7

After just a few days away from mobile clinics, we quickly got back into the swing of things. Yesterday we were at the clinic in Tierra Colorada, as usual. We waited for the girl from Monday who had the heart problems, but she never showed. I heard that she went to the clinic today, so tomorrow I will have to get the update.

The walk wasn't far, and we saw some familiar faces. This is the place where the teacher has brought the students to the clinic.

The kids were lined up waiting, and playing when we got there.

We found some interesting stuff, though hopefully nothing was too severe. Cody found a boy with an unusual murmur, who had to be sent for some tests. I saw a girl with a chronic ear infection that was draining smelly green-ish goo.

Some of the kids we see in these clinics are actually babies whose moms work in the clinics, or extra people who get invited in. The mom didn't want to be in this photo, but she stuck her son on my lap to pose for the picture.
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