It's an interesting trip so far, Sunday we had planned to go to the beach to
see the turtles, a 2 1/2 hr drive from Coatepeque. We decided against it and
prepared for the first day in Santa Clara instead. Good thing, it took us 6
hrs to count pills, have folks trained for triage and farmacia. It paid off
yesterday, we saw 165 patients, the oldest 99yrs old. We were in a Methodist
Church. They had the whole church set up so that all of us had separate
rooms (bedsheets). I spent most of my time taking pictures and making copies
for them, passing out health and school kits. I scared the sh...t out of
one women, she lost it while I was taking her picture. Good thing that they
don't wear underwear here. Obviously she was pretty sick. The road to Santa
Clara was worse than the one up the volcano. The sad part is, that no team
had been here since this team was here a year ago. I want to talk to Carla
about that, she will come Thursday and take Marvin's prosthetics with her to
Xela.
Guess what here teams will need to do in the future. They need to submit a
list of the meds we are bringing in 2 weeks in advance, listing them all
giving price and expiration date. The gov then will issue a permit, no idea
how much that will cost. We did not have to pay anything this time.
Well, time for breakfast, and on to La Union (or whatever it's called) a 2
hr drive.
That's it for now.
Salud y Paz and hi to all,
