Day 6

Today was far less crazy than yesterday ! Normal day in terms of who I saw. The guy who had the foot injury cam back , and while his foot inners stayed in , his skin was no longer approximated. We convinced doctors a few towns away that he needed stitches, so we send him about an hour away. We will follow up with him next week to make sure it is healing well. I also saw my first case ever of bugs burrowing in the skin ( grossssss!), I saw a 1 month old who had a pressure jury on his ankle (club foot casting) and more rashes than I can count! After clinic we all hang out , said goodbye to our interpreters and had a delish dinner!







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