Day 8 (08/07/2016) – ENT/Radiology Thus far, I have had no exposure to specialties other than the ones that are considered primary care. Today, I was lucky enough to work with Dr. Madgy and Dr. Deering. Dr. Madgy taught me… Read More ›
Month: August 2016
Bittersweet goodbye – Domingo
Day 14 (08/13/2016) – Going Home? Off to Cuzco/Machu Picchu First This note happens to be a little shorter as it is a travel day. It just happened to be one of the saddest travel days as I had to… Read More ›
Monkeys and piranhas – Mike
Today was a free day and our last day at Ceiba tops. I was able to relax in a hammock in the morning and follow that up with some swimming with friends. After lunch at the resort we went to… Read More ›
Love of humanity – Jenny
August 9, 2016 — Amazon, Peru (Day 10) Today we boarded the bus at 8:30 and arrived at the port to take the boat to the middle of the Amazon jungle! We reached Cieba Tops Lodge at around noon and… Read More ›
George Park – Downpours and catfish
Today was our last day on the boat clinic. It was kind of bittersweet knowing that we were done with clinic so we could relax for a few days yet I felt like there were still a lot of people… Read More ›
Canopy walk – Emily
A day off from clinic! However, this didn’t mean an easy relaxing day. Half of the group got to meet at 5:30am for a 2-hour speedboat ride down the Amazon. Many of us used this opportunity to nap. We were… Read More ›
Surprise typhoon – Rebecca
Aug 7 Another day in paradise at the clinic. People in Michigan think our summers are hot and humid… Please come down to the Amazon and experience this. It is SO HOT. But I digress. I started off the day… Read More ›
Dr. Willyerd receives key to city – Dayna
Today was our last day of clinic in Iquitos! It was another successful day and I was able to see many interesting cases and learned a lot. Over the four days in Iquitos, we treated 1863 patients and made many… Read More ›
Last clinic day in Iquitos – Sami
Today was a great day in Iquitos! It was our third day of clinic and we treated about 450 people. It was the first time that we got through the entire line of patients and had free time left over…. Read More ›
Group photos and pizza – Sam
Today we had the usual breakfast and then hopped on the bus. The weather was hot and humid which seems to be the mainstay for this area so naturally I planned on drinking 10-15 bottles of water. I started off… Read More ›