Saturday March 2, 2013
Place: Montrouis
Time: 4:35pm EST
Song: Beatles-Can’t Buy Me Love
We spend the morning lounging by the pool and getting one
last dip in the ocean. Breakfast
is great with made to order omelets and fresh fruit. I love coming here because I love all the fresh fruit. You can’t get mango in the states like
the mango here. That’s pretty much
all I eat for breakfast, fresh mango.
Be jealous, be very jealous.
I’m jealous because after Sunday I won’t get it anymore.
It’s our last official work day. We head back to the orphanage to do a clinic for the people
in this town. As we drive up we’re
met with, well literally a mass of people. We set up and get down to it. Over the next 4 hours between 3 nurses, 2 MD’s and a nurse
practitioner we see and treat 98 people.
Headaches, backaches, cold’s that have lasted for months, even years
according to the patient. By then
end of the day we’re all very exhausted, sweaty, and thirsty. We say goodbye to everyone at the
orphanage and head home to the guesthouse where we have one last team meeting
and commence with packing.
Leaving is always bittersweet. I’m usually ready to get home. Be back with my family and friends and return to my normal,
everyday life. And if we’re being
quite honest, be back to all of the simple comforts that I so often take for
granted. A warm shower, a
continual supply of water, and sadly even, yes my blow dryer and flat iron. But I hate to leave these people. They’re an incredible reminder to me of
what’s truly important in this life and that to be truly happy doesn’t require
the material luxuries so often associated with the concept. Family, friends, health, faith; these
things that can’t be measured in monetary terms make one truly happy in this
life. And let’s be honest, I’m
going to miss the sun!
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