And what a grand week it was. =)
Monday, we had another clinic day. I took blood pressures and observed, mostly. However, after we had left the clinic, we got a call that there was a girl who needed stitches put in her hand. It had already been almost a day since her cut, and her mom had put coffee on the wound (to soak up the blood). She was about five years old, and very nervous about getting stitches. The poor thing screamed and cried while we gave her local anesthetic and cleaned the coffee out of the wound. It was my job to lay on top of her, immobilizing her hands and blocking her vision so she wouldn't be afraid. I'm not really sure how much good that it did, because she beat me on my back and screamed, "Yo no quiero!" (I don't want it!) pretty much the whole five minutes it took to stitch up her hand. Poor girl.
After the clinic, I went with Anabel to sit in on her class she teaches to high schoolers about Honduran history. The class that afternoon consisted of three sixteen- or seventeen-year-old boys. It was really fun because Anabel asked them to speak with me in Spanish and ask me questions so that I could practice speaking-- but that I already had a boyfriend, so I'm not interested! She cracks me up. Anyways, it was a pretty fun time, and I did manage to learn some new Spanish words. Poco a poco...
One thing that happened this week in Honduras is the celebration of Children's Day (Dia de los Ninos). On Thursday night, we had a pinata at church, and then today, we went to the city for activities for the kids. We went to two different malls and a supermarket. There were balloons, face-paintings, pinatas, cotton candy, and lots of parents buying toys for their kids. It's like a 2nd Christmas, in a way. Anyways, free candy and stuff for the kids is cool. =)
Now, I'm relaxing after an afternoon in the city. I started making pillows for the Hills living room, finished a book on being safe as a woman who travels, and even made a girl with Bronchitis do her homework (I know- I'm a horrible person).
Ta-ta for now!
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