Today was our last day in clinic, and we saw many more pedo patients from the local elementary school. Our skills have increased dramatically since we started here 6 days ago and we have become much more efficient at nearly all aspects of the clinic. In addition to several pedo extractions, Jessica was able to trace 3 sinus tracts in one child’s mouth to a massive infection in his left mandible. We also performed 2 more root canals (Robert and Dr. Arriola).
At the end of the day, some of the kids taught us their version of “duck, duck, goose” and gave us a good workout. Ruth and Dr. Arriola were interviewed on national TV by Sister Maria and all the group members said a few words on national TV.
During the evening, the students at the all-girl school presented us a wonderful card and told us:
Thank you so much for coming here and helping us. We will always remember you, and we hope that all of you will also remember us. Please come back soon!
They then sang and danced for us. We thoroughly enjoyed their presentation. ☺ In return, we showed them part of the slide show specially made by Dr. Jungman and Dr. Arriola. In the slide show, there were pictures from the beginning of the trip in the airport to traveling to Guiamaca to working in the clinic with such amicable patients. We will surely miss them!!
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