The VMC traveled to Patchakan today. The trip started out in a most interesting way... We were going to pick up the translators at the local church. Being guided by our fearless leader, we confidently drove a "special way" to get there. After having several people honk and wave to us (we thought they were so very friendly) we realized we were going the wrong way on a one way street. Nothing like three large vans going down the wrong way to garner some attention. And, sure enough, a policeman very quickly approached our vans. We thought we might have to bail John out of prison, but the policeman helped us out of this hazardous situation. It certainly was an interesting way to start the day!Once we made it safely to Patchakan, we treated 215 people. Over 400? pharmaceutical scripts were filled for antibiotics, blood pressure, diabetes, GI, vitamins, pain killers, and other medicines. The very first person to be helped today was a 98 year old woman who had served as the mid-wife for the village for most of her life.
The Ear Wash station was very busy and helped over 90? people. In order to get things started off, John Kirby volunteered to have his ears cleaned out. When the children saw that John was okay after his experience, they joined in to get their ears cleaned, as well.
Once again, we were able to give away 78 reading glasses, 147 sunglasses and 22 Spanish Bibles.
For lunch, we were served galnachos (similar to a tostado) which is a flat corn tortilla with black beans, chicken, cheese, cabbage, and a tomato. After digesting lunch, a couple of us went out to play "monkey in the middle" with the kids in the village. It's a good thing the weather was so nice or I think the doctors might have had to resuscitate us "old guys".
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