The Pass out

Today was fairly uneventful. In my placement today, I began by feeding a new lady, one that didn't have teeth, yet could see but didn't even make noises as to what she wants. A bit frustrating. After that I wandered the halls trying to find something to make my time worthy but mainly ended up just chatting and watching some of the world cup. A lady today told me she loved me and another lady told me the one sentence in English she knew over and over. I heard a lady balling hysterically and when I couldn't make sense of what she was saying I just pulled out a picture of Scarlet and she stopped crying for a while. Maybe if I would have shown her Ollie and Leo she would have been done crying for good. Finally, towards the end of my placement an nurse was a little frantic and asked me if I was a doctor and that I needed to come with her. I followed her to see Olivia laying down on a hospital chair with like 10 doctors and nurse hovering over her. Apparently she had fainted for probably not having a sufficient diet and not enough water. She had called for me so that I could translate which was a great idea because they wanted to examine her and draw blood but she was absolutely fine and just needed to eat. While we were waiting to leave, an american looking guy in scrubs introduced himself as the trauma surgeon of the hospital and said he would like to take us out to dinner and show us around Guatemala. When he spoke fluently in English I was very relieved. I think we might take him up on the offer.

After the placement, we went to some cathedrals. I'm learning a lot about the Catholic religion here and seeing many cool figurines. It was okay, interesting but not one of my favorites. Tomorrow I'm planning on going to the gym and then we have salsa lessons!! woo!! Until tomorrow, much love. XO Carolyn