Finally some health stuff!!!!!! So today I got dressed in my professional wear and left the house with my white coat on and a stethoscope hanging around my neck. Yea I felt pretty legit. Dr. Adejare. At the clinic- Centro de Salud Union- me and Suddesh got introduced to the cheerful Dr. Monica Castillo. She welcomed us warmly and assigned me to Dr. Cruz Walter, a general doctor, to shadow for my session today. Honestly, I was slightly nervous at first cause it was like noooooo, how I'm going to survive with barely any spanish?! However, turns out Dr. Walter was pretty good with his English. In addition, he was so helpful and patient and explained each problem after the patient (obviously spanish) had spoke. Furthermore, he would translate his diagnoses and treatments for me in English. He was so nice. The coolest part however, was when he would let me use my sthetoscope and listen to the breathing or heartbeats of the patients as he was. Can you say awesome shadowing experience? It definitely was. It surpasssed all my expectation and I was so pleased. I took the opportunity to ask him what were the most common problems he saw in patients and he told me respiratory, abdominal (food), and skin infections.
Midway through my session, Dr. Castillo switched with him and once again, another amazing experience. I absolutely love her vibrant energy. From her attitude and the way she relates to patients, it's quite obvious that she loves her job. Even when a patient broke down and started tearing up because she had been trying for 10 years to have a baby and finally got pregnant, but then lost the child (Dr. Castillo explained this to me later), I saw Dr. Castillo's compassion in the way she talked to her and hugged her. I was just like yup, that's the kind of doctor I wana be like. I tool the opportunity to ask her about common problems she saw and she said diarrhea, obesity/ diabetes, and respiratory. We also talked a little bit about her personal life and being a doctor in Peru. She's being a doctor for 5 years, she wanted to do surgery at first but its difficult for women (or not allowed, can't remember) making it a male dominated field. Anyway, she now loves what she's doing and this is obvious from her actions. She's always smiling. I love it :)
Midway through my session, Dr. Castillo switched with him and once again, another amazing experience. I absolutely love her vibrant energy. From her attitude and the way she relates to patients, it's quite obvious that she loves her job. Even when a patient broke down and started tearing up because she had been trying for 10 years to have a baby and finally got pregnant, but then lost the child (Dr. Castillo explained this to me later), I saw Dr. Castillo's compassion in the way she talked to her and hugged her. I was just like yup, that's the kind of doctor I wana be like. I tool the opportunity to ask her about common problems she saw and she said diarrhea, obesity/ diabetes, and respiratory. We also talked a little bit about her personal life and being a doctor in Peru. She's being a doctor for 5 years, she wanted to do surgery at first but its difficult for women (or not allowed, can't remember) making it a male dominated field. Anyway, she now loves what she's doing and this is obvious from her actions. She's always smiling. I love it :)
I left the hospital at about 12:30pm and went home to get ready for Nuevo Jerusalem. It was definitely manual labor cause we got down and dirty in the sand making the garden. The finished product was awesome. I just hope it grows.
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