2nd day of clinic around Dalat
Trip Start
Jun 14, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 02, 2008
Dalat,
Vietnam
Friday, June 27, 2008
Started out the morning early again b/c we were leaving the hotel at 6 30. It was another hour and a half bus ride to the place where we were setting up for clinic. I did not have all of my paperwork done from the day before, so I tried to do that on the bus. Only problem is that trying to write notes while riding a bus through the mountains is tough, plus i don't do well whith reading let alone writing in a car. So i almost made myself sick on the way to clinic but stopped just before i got sick.
One major difference yesterday was that we did not set up clinic in a hospital, we ended up in a High School. Everybody was somewhat burned out from the previous day's adjusting, so everybody was kind of dragging ass. I ended up taking a nap during lunch, so that revived me to some extent. I saw ~35 patients yesterday, and I was trying to take it slow. I need one more physical to finish up my clinic requirements so i will get that done today, our last day of clinic. We saw a few more children today. One baby that i saw had some sort of hematoma or something, the back left quarter of his head almost looked burnt, but the hair was still growing and he was happy go lucky. So whatever he had didn't seem to be bothering him that much. So i adjusted him and sent him over to the medical doctors to see about his skin condition. Other than that, a lot of headaches and low back pain. Nate had a baby that we're pretty sure had measles. We both had our booster shots w/ in 8 years so, hopefully we don't come down w/ measles.
On the way home I talked to our translator to see if he wanted to go out to dinner with Nate and I. He wanted to so we agreed to meet at 7 to go to eat. Between clinic and dinner, we just showered and worked on Soap notes. For dinner we went to a little Vietnameese place just up the road from our hotel. The food was simple but very good. After dinner we decided to go to a cafe and grab a cup of coffee and chat. We talked about a lot of differnt things about the country and what Wan(our translator) wanted to do after he was done with college and what not. It was kind of cool b/c we were sitting outside beside an intersection that was fairly busy. Neat just watching how things work on the road in another country. About 9 30 we were all pretty tired and decided to head back to the hotel.
I finished up some laundry when we got back and headed to bed. Now here i am. Only a half day of clinic today then to another orphanage. Man, i don't believe how quick this trip has been. It is almost over, then we have 7 days in Thailand. Can't wait for the time to relax. I will keep on with the updates. Talk to you all very soon.
