Field Day #4 in Rural Seibo

Last clinic day! We went to a super, super rural part of Seibo today and managed to see everyone there as well (tis a plus, because I hate having to turn anyone away). We saw 150 patients and I got to witness several pretty unique cases.

We saw a case of what we think was …

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Field Day #3 in rural Seibo

We went to a different clinic today and decided to just keep seeing patients until there was no one left. I shadowed our pediatrician and got a ton more experience in taking histories and performing physical exams in children and babies (as well as some more adults). (I’d never done a physical exam on a …

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Raspberry Almond Bird’s Nest Cookies

Not too long ago, I discovered that there was a such thing as Carrot Cake M&M’s.

Yeah, you read that correctly! Carrot Cake M&M’s!

I couldn’t find them at Kroger so I scoured Walmart for them (that was a load of fun) because I wanted to make bird’s nest cookies that weren’t frighteningly unhealthy.

I …

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Field Day #2 in Rural Seibo

We returned to the same clinic in rural Seibo to finish the work we’d started. I got to follow/help one of the Dominican doctors that I’d requested the day before because she was fluent in both Spanish and English and I’d seen her taking the time to explain the situations and cases to my friend …

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restart

Yesterday was the first day of my new 101 in 1001! (Here’s my old one. I like to think that I gave it a good run!)

It’s amazing how much can change in the span of almost 3 years. I had to make some …

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