Last clinic and pool bar

Our final day of clinic has come and gone, both slowly and quickly (a phenomenon that only people who have done a trip like this understand). We got to sleep in, the bus didn't roll out until 8am this morning, and we headed to clinic in La Ceiba, the same place we went on Sunday. With the team having learned from lots of trial and error on this trip, we started by roping off the triage area, which created a whole new level of flow. We were done by one, but in our short time saw two maybe three hundred patients. We had the cutest baby in all of Honduras, Keri and Jenn got into another ear wax competition, Korey and Josh found a whole family with strep, a nine year unattended with a perforated ear drum and an elderly woman who had been beat up a few years ago, and still has an open wound (although she told me she had some bumps on her vein, and boy were we surprised when took the Ace wrap off). Bob and Gretchen cared for her and we sent her off with all the gauze and triple antibiotic ointment left. The lady complimented Bob on his smooth hands and touch ;) We had to say goodbye to Jorge, Wilfredo and our wonderful interpreter Walter, a bittersweet moment for the team. These men worked so hard to make this past week go so smoothly, and make sure there was never a dull moment. After that it was off to Tela, where we will spend the rest of the trip draining the bar at the pool, as Tammi pointed out, perhaps we should have kept the IV equipment with us for tomorrow morning. This R&R is beyond deserved, never have I seen a team of people, let alone strangers, work so hard and so well together. I am so glad I got to be apart of the team this year, and cannot wait to come back time and time again. I speak for myself, though imagine many agree, that I have come away changed. There is something about Honduras that calls me back. The resilience of the people, the beauty of the land, the memories made and the amount that can be learned in such a short time has me hooked. I look forward to being able to relax and reflect on this past week, and cannot wait for the next trip I can join. Thanks for following along on our trip and I hope you have felt moved by some of our stories and are inspired to make a difference, anywhere and everywhere there are people in need, and all it takes is the desire to make a change. This all started with an idea, and has touched thousands of lives all across Honduras and the U.S.  ¡Hasta pronto!