Maybe I Should've Been A Pharmacist??

We woke up again to our amazing breakfast! I will have to take a picture of all the juices before I go, it's a rainbow of colors and so many options. We got in the bus and headed back to Rio Itaya through the market and slums. Stepping off into mud, we got on a smaller boat than yesterday. I don't know about you, but I love being greeted by hungry piranhas early in the morning on a rocking boat full of 40 people. We safely crossed... barely. Then hiked about a mile to the site. Today was already much hotter. I was sweating bullets in about 5 minutes. 

The pharmacy was very unorganized the day before, so I decided I would organize it myself. (I'm OCD like that..) So then I just decided to stay at pharmacy because I unpacked everything and knew where it was. It was VERY busy. I seriously learned a lot though. I even corrected Dr. March on the generic form of drug! (Those in Nursing at the Capstone understand how that makes me a badass). I know every drug in the bag backwards and forwards. Maybe I need a career change? HA. We had a dental and eye clinic as well as medical today. We also saw some really rare genetic conditions and some serious burns. I gave some shots, and watched a lot of rotten teeth being pulled. All the practitioners are very eager to teach us and show us rare things. After cleaning up we played with the kids and got them to sing Baby by Justin Beiber which was very entertaining. Today was basically hot and busy, period.

Being so smart I decided to wear a khaki scrub top and purple sports bra.... being in the Amazonian heat dripping sweat. By 11am I had sweat the purple onto the khaki to make a sort of half tye-dye sweaty disgusting shirt. It was beautiful and I was SO pleased. I fell onto the couch in the lobby when I got back with my friend Hanna. We didn't move or talk, we just sat, for an hour. People were coming downstairs showered and dressed. We eventually hauled ourselves up and showered (which felt AMAZING). We had a VERY long meeting and ate dinner at 7:30. We have like "sandwiches" for lunch every day. They consist of bread and turkey. We get an orange and some plantain chips. It's very bare, so I was about ready to eat a bear about 7:30. We ate at the hotel and I had beef tips with rice, which was amazing. I ate it all and was still hungry, yes I will admit it, I am now eating oreos. Bring it, judge me, they are delicious! I'm now going to pass out, thanks for all the support. Missing everyone at home!