Day 4 - Tuesdaay

Well it’s day 4 in Belize and we went to our first mobile clinic today. We went out to San Marcos which is about 30 minutes from the clinic. We left after 8am – which was way late, but that’s kinda the way it is here. Hailey and I were in charge of the pharmacy which was placed on a pile of 2x4’s. We got 2 boxes and 2 bags of drugs from the Ministry of Health which consisted of a lot of amoxicillin, sulfa, some APAP, and hydrocortisone along with a few other random drugs. Hailey and I took turns running the pharmacy and consulting with the PA students. IT was great being able to offer suggestions to the other students not just based on clinical guidelines but also based on what was available. We’ve also been lucky enough that the PA students haven’t really written prescriptions before so we’ve been making them into better Rx writers: allergies and dx included on every script.

About halfway through the day the kids got off school for lunch and then they came back again after school was out. They are all ridiculously adorable and fun to talk to. They’re really interested in our names and what we’re doing. They also like to talk about us in Mayan so we can’t understand them. It’s really cute. They’re also huge hams and love to smile for the camera.

After the clinic we came back and changed and got a ride into town to have dinner at Grace’s. I got the shrimp fajita with a side of white rice and stew beans (which is different from beans and rice). Dinner was delicious. My dinner mate – Renauldo the Lizard – hung out above me for most of the meal. Then we walked around and caught a bus that got us maybe a quarter of the way back and then had to walk the rest of the way. Second night in a row with a decent work out.

Tomorrow I’m downstairs in the clinic in the morning and then upstairs in the pharmacy for the evening clinic. We’re planning to bike into town in the afternoon between clinics to take a dip and pick up some chips for guac when we make it tomorrow.

Time for fruity drinks with the group (p.s. these people are awesome).