Day 4

Today was a day of everything. My first patient was totally ortho so I got to manipulate a few things , massage a few things and needle a few  things. I have not done a whole lot of that since I got here since there have been so many wounds to see so it was a nice change of pace. I saw a ton of wounds ( of course!!), many infections, heartburn, crazy high blood pressures and a poor kiddo that had a prolapsed rectum that we referred to an American surgeon that’s is visiting this week. After clinic we had market day and then lots of ortho skills practice . 











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