Roatan - Day 16

Back to the morning shift this week.  This morning was madness.  There were 4 doctors and 3 of us students seeing patients in only 4 rooms.  So much for seeing patients on our own.  This week I am working with one of the native hondureño docs.  My first patient of the day was an interesting case.  She came in with abdominal pain and vomiting.  At first I was thinking a gastroenteritis until her pregnancy test came up positive.  After further workup we sent her to see a gynecologist due to a probable ectopic pregnancy.  Hopefully everything turns out fine.

ER #1, ER #2, J, and I had lunch at the bottom of the hill at Marco’s, a hut with a few tables and plenty of flies (where we found out about the Boston Marathon – they had a TV on).  Only $5 for a plate of fried fish (turns out it’s not fresh…tilapia is NOT an ocean fish), fried plantains, rice & beans, and steamed vegetables.  This will be a new frequented joint by us, same place we get the baleadas. 

This afternoon we took a trip to the grocery store in Coxen Hole to stock up on yogurt, salad toppings, peanut butter, Oreos, and Snickers.  Ok, we bought other things too, but we definitely upheld the American stereotype.  On the way back, our taxi driver kindly passed us some Jehovah’s Witness pamphlets and a short discussion of religion ensued.  He said he doesn’t belong to any church in particular (although he does prefer the Baptists), but likes to visit other churches.  I asked if he had been to visit The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), and said he hadn’t, but would like to.  I told him when and where on Sunday and that I’d be there.  He said he’d come.  We shall see…

J and I passed out on our beds after we got home for an hour or two (that was J, not me…) and are kicking it back at Ed’s for the rest of the evening.  Exciting, I know…