Guatemala--Day 5

Guatemala Day 5

We had another long day in the OR, woke at 5 am again and did surgeries on 8 kiddos (4 palates & 4 lips) and we finished after 7.  The cases all went great. Additionally, all the kids from yesterday did well and were sent home.  

On the walk home there was five of us, and out of the bushes came somewhere between 3-5 dogs all growling and barking...it was like a scene in a movie where they kind of surrounded us and followed us almost the entire way back to the hotel...kinda scary. I thought for sure I was going to have rabies by the end of the walk...but I live to tell about it.

 

After work one of my fellow OHSUians and I headed down to the market in Santiago with two high school students who were on the trip with us (they helped their high school in Minnesota raise $50,000 for Smile Network International).  We rode on a tuk-tuk (I have no idea how to spell, but it is a small red three wheeled cart) to get there, and we found a restaurant serving more authentic Guatemalan food then we otherwise have had...it was great.  Interestingly one of the students had recently visited Bellingham to look at Western Washington University, and she said she chose not to go there because it seemed like everyone there smoked a lot of pot.  Looks like she got a great impression of the northwest.

After dinner we walked through the market, which was full of people on a Wednesday night before heading home.  

Story of the day...lunch included a spider baked in to the casserole meal...mmmmmmmmm.

It was a great day, but I'm exhausted...hopefully a shorter day tomorrow...14 of the 36 kiddos complete.