Today we were very close to where we set up yesterday. I opened pharmacy again :) Then we had a patient come in with a Basal Cell Carcinoma that was the size of a silver dollar on his nose. The surgical dermatologists we had with us were PUMPED. They scraped it out as best they could and I got to assist! It obviously wasn't a cure, but we could have had to cut off half the man's nose to cure that. I also saw a child with another really intense fungal infection, it was called sporotrichosis. The derms were having a field day. It looked like a huge bug bite, but more raised and the size of a fust in circumference.
We had a huge line of people waiting to seeing us still, so Dr. March let me be a practitioner with her! I got see patients on my own! Even though she was sitting at my same table and I asked a question about every 30 seconds. It was so interesting! I had an amazing time, and I was very flattered to be doing my own assessments and kind of prescribing! We saw SO many people today, it was exhausting. Anyways the day went on and I started to get very nauseous. Someone started cooking nearby and the smells were too much for me. I got very lightheaded and dizzy so they sent me home on a motorkar (as they say and spell in Peru). I got back and showered and then began the fever. I was freezing! I took some advil and proceeded to sweat the entire night, fun fun fun! I felt amazing in the morning though, thank goodness!
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