We had some fantastic patients there, including bunches of pre-natals. When we first started working there, there were hardly any, but we've clearly gained some trust in that area. We saw a few of our seizure patients we haven't seen in a while. We also saw a woman we think may be having SVTs (you medical people will know what that is). Her original complaint was that she can feel her heart. Then it climbs into her head and makes her wet all over the floor. Sometimes it's difficult when we don't speak the same language - and not just literally (she's a K'iche speaker and we're English speakers). Someone in her culture probably understands exactly what she's saying. But it's a little harder for us.
We also saw this cute little boy with a wicked rash around his ear. We've seen him before and treated him with antibiotics and Mom says that it gets a lot better but then comes back even worse. It's a little impressive that she still trusts us enough to come back and we're trying a few more things this time, including a consult with our American dermatologist, but we won't give up on him. (First pic.)
The second pic is a little cleft baby that the mom brought in. He's pretty young, just a few months, but the cleft isn't too bad and should close up quite well. We will contact her as soon as we know when the next team is coming down to operate.
After clinic, we headed to Antigua for some R&R and some photography opportunities for Jason.
This morning, we drove back to Chichicastenango to see a couple of clinic patients and to do two operations. Jason being a former surgical assistant, he helped Heidi on those cases.
Tomorrow we'll do clinic at ASELSI, make a quick stop in the Chichi tourist market, and then take Jason back to Guatemala City for his flight out on Friday morning.
The third pic is one of Jason on the roof of our hotel, in a good location for shooting some of the sights. And we know the fourth one is wrong on too many levels to discuss, but we couldn't resist.
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