Jordo and I made it to Guatemala!!! We got in late last night, and were up and going at 7:00 am. It has been a very long, but extremely rewarding day! We had a little orientation meeting this morning, then boarded all 129 of us on a few buses, and went to the stake center. We completely take over the entire building and turn it into a medical and dental office. Patients (all pre-missionaries) would check in, get blood drawn, see medical doctors, then come get x-rays on their teeth. I am one of the x-ray techs, and this job is so much harder than it looks. We take a total of 8 x-rays on each person. It is a 2 person job getting these done. We had 8 people (4 chairs) taking x-rays. Lets just say it is one of the only jobs that you are on your feet all day long! (jordo said he would give me a foot massage tonight... I am holding him to it!) After x-rays they would go to the dentist for fillings, endodonists for root canals, and then the oral surgions for their wisdom teeth. Sadly some kids had to do ALL 3!!!! It would take them a total of 4 hours to see all the doctors. Day 1 was a success, and tomorrow we are seeing double the patients we saw today. The oral surgeons even let Jordan and I come watch them take out wisdom teeth (gross!) Jordan was in heaven haha.
Here are some pics of Day 1!
Orientation, in our matching scrubs (presh I know... we totally planned it!)
The 27 dentists lined up (these chairs were completely full ALL DAY!!)
The area where I was going to work :)
Jordan helping Dr. Bob Rogers. Jordan was able to assist Dr. Rogers today.
My work area
Jordan and Dr. Rogers
Husband and Wife
Tanner and his dad Dr. Perry going to work!
Sterilization
The waiting area we had set up
More waiting (all these chairs were full all day)
Super Awesome Name Tag!
Protected by fenses and gates
And of course by this guy :)
By 12:30 we had seen 91 patients
Lunch and Dinner area
Jordan doin his thing!
Joran at work
Check back tomorrow or Sunday for another update :)
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