Day 2

Today was a relaxing day spent at the beach. The beach we went to is not just any old beach, it is an old pirate rum cache ( according to pirates of the Caribbean anyway😜). The island the beach is on is called Tortuga. Pretty much the most beautiful beach I have been to. The sand is white and fine and the water is a clear torquiose blue color. The water is like bathing water so I can actually stay in it for more than 5 minutes! To get to and from the beach we took a water taxi, which is nothing like a water taxi in Boston. It is an old sailboat with a motor attached and goes at a nice leisurely place ( Haitian time it takes about an hour to get there.... real time about 2.5 hours). I got to really chat with a bunch of the other volunteers and they all seem like great people. We are all from different states so it is interesting to hear how PT practice state to state varies. Although we all have different pet peeves, we all agreed that insurance companies are the bane of our existence and we hate documenting. After a day of splashing around and working on our tans, we went back to the clinic and started to get it ready. This included putting all our antibiotics and pain relievers in individual bags, putting all my wound supplies away ( I got two shelves today!!!! Totally made my day) and putting out the tables for pts to lie on.  By dinner our clinic was ready for patients. After s brief meeting we are all now in our beds ready to jump into action bright and early tomorrow morning!  Below are some pictures of my day. The first few are of the beach, then my little helper helping out with the drug line ( don't worry she was supervised the whole time ) and then a Nicely organized brace shelves.     

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