Ayer, muy mal. Pero hoy, mucho mejor. (Yesterday, very bad. But today, much better.)
Literally, we sat in a hallway for two and half hours. Just sitting there, waiting for our doctor to show up. It was absolutely ridiculous. Then, when she finally did show up, she just pawned us off on some other doctors who clearly didn't want us around. We followed them for about an hour and a half on "grand rounds", but it mainly consisted of them going to whatever room and checking out whatever patients they pleased. There was no real method to their madness, and I felt like they didn't know or care if we were there or not. When we were finally done and went back to "our" doctor, she briefly talked to us about leukemia for a little while longer and then called it a day. Yes, I'm very lucky to have this experience, but it does nothing for me if I'm just sitting in a hallway learning absolutely nothing?
Last night wasn't so bad though! We went for a run around the park, and instead of going home, we hung out and watched some of the softball games that were going on. For a while, we were standing awkwardly outside of the field. The dads that were playing were nice enough to offer us their chairs by the field, so we went around and ended up watching them play for the next two hours! We found out that all of their kids are in a baseball league, and that all of the dads play together every Wednesday. They invited us back next week, so we'll be there cheering on Los Padres!
Back to work today, and we ended up actually working - finally! We first went to oncología, but when we could find out doctor nowhere, but ditched and went back to radiology. We didn't want to sit around for another 2 hours waiting for her to show up. Well, today we asked if we could actually help out with the patients and luckily Jose said yes! Anytime a patient would come in for a CT scan or MRI, we got to take them to the bed and actually position the machines to complete whatever particular scan they needed. After that, he taught us how to work the computer and prepare the actual print-outs of the scans! Although it wasn't much, it was still something! Sadly, the day flew by - but we plan on returning tomorrow for sure.
Tonight, me and my roommate Christina are making dinner for all of our friends as well as our host mom! She cooks for us all day, every day, and we decided that she deserved a night off. We're making chicken parmesan, green beans, and pasta salad. And of course, a yummy cake for dessert! Other than that, no big plans. Maybe watching some more baseball, but we'll be heading to bed early I'm sure. Pues, necesito una siesta. Hasta mañana! (Well, I need a nap. See you tomorrow!)
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