Day one, two of our four doctors cancelled somewhere around the hour of 4am, which made for a stressful start to the morning. Then one group arrived to the worksite without gloves. Then one group was two lunches short. Then, one of our drivers went to the airport to pick up one girl who arrived a day later than the rest of the group and then got stuck in a standstill on the highway for two hours because there was an accident, so I was stuck at our worksite with our tubs and suitcases of remaining medical supplies for three hours after I sent the rest of the group back to relax in the air conditioning in a packed to the max 15-passenger van.
All mini-catastrophes were resolved quickly and, for the most part, the students didn't even know these things were happening behind the scenes, so it all worked out, but it made for a hectic way to start off the week.
Day two went smoothly, except for one group getting a flat tire on the way to their worksite.
Day three was an adventure for my group. We worked on an island, so after a 45 minute drive, we had to load up all of our group members and security and medical staff onto a boat. We at least had some good scenery along the way, including views of Nicaragua and El Salvador.
In all, we held six medical clinics this week and saw somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 people (exact count yet to come). It took a few sleepless nights and stressful days to get all 50-some people (including group members, doctors, dentists, police officers, etc.) and all of our supplies where they needed to be each day, but we got the job done. Also, it's WEDNESDAY!!!! Which means we are done with clinics this week, so now we will just be doing a hospital visit, a painting project, spending a day at the beach, and enjoying a little downtime.
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