caitlyn a. juengel: clinic day 1

"for we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." -Ephesians 2:10

monday, august 2nd: day 1 at the clinic

when we arrived at the clinic around 9:00am, there were already many people in line waiting to be seen by the doctors. we tried to set up everything as fast as possible and all of the translators were a huge help.

dad was working in clinica 3 in his most comfortable position: otorrinolaringologia (ear, nose, throat). yeah trying say that three times really fast!

here are the beautiful marce jeanpierre and ana moran taking a quick break for a photo op.

before the day started, all of the doctors got together to discuss the game plan.

i was in opthamology most of the day, working with eye glasses. although the refractor (the machine that reads the prescription of peoples eyes) wasn't working too well, we were able to give out many reading glasses and sunglasses. a successful day overall!

and none of that would have been possible without our AWESOME translators. miss you all so much!!

after awhile, i took a trip around the clinic to check out the action in other areas. in this picture, dr. larry causey is doing an extraction of a tooth. yuck! i didn't stay here too long...

here is chris linscome, hard at work in the triage.

i made a stop in the pharmacy - they were always working like crazy in there!

then i went to visit my daddy.

yan sim was also in triage - so many patients came through in just the first day! yan the man!

for lunch, i headed upstairs where they served the food. rene gonzalez was clearly really excited! all i remember about the food from that day was the dessert: some sort of cupcake thing. mmmm

after lunch, the children were enjoying a pinata. taylor moser helped to take care of the children the first few days and she did an awesome job!

these kids LOVED the pinata. i mean, who wouldnt love hitting a giant animal with a stick and then getting candy dumped on the floor. as soon as the pinata broke, the kids were all over that stuff.

here are a few pictures i captured of the el salvadoran children throughout the day.

they were so thankful for the flip flops they received.

i also took a huge step that day. even though i was in el salvador for this mission trip for the third time, i had never had this experience before. the bathrooms in san miguel could only be flushed by pouring a bucket of water down the toilet. thus, if i ever had to use the bathroom, i had to fill an entire bucket of water and flush the toilet manually. if any of you know me, this was big for me. all i can say is - it was a wet mess and i only used the bathroom once the entire day, but we all survived and are better people for it. :)

at the end of the day, the eye glass clinic finished a little early and so we were able to hang out with the translators for awhile. here is fernando, jobci, and rodrigo serenading us with their music.