Where's The Cheat
I guess I just figured she was working late every night. Then I get this e-mail in my inbox today. South America? Who knew?
"Hello readers, this is The Cheat writing from Ecuador. I´m doing a medical rotation here with my friend Deepika (aka Chevere´- look it up in your Spanish dictionary). We spent the first few days in Quito, the capital city, and it was a blast. We hung out all over the city. We went to the equator and did some hiking in the Andees Mountains. When I get back, I´ll be sure to hook up the lyrical gangster with pictures of our escapades.
After a few days of goofing around, we left for Puyo which is a small city (population 20,000) that is on the edge of the Amazon Rain Forest. We came here to work in the public hospital of Puyo. The relationship with the University of Michigan is a new one and we are the first residents to come down from UM so we were a little surprised to find out that the program isn´t that organized right now and that a lot of the work initially entailed meeting with administrators to negotiate terms of the relationship with UM. That was a little stressful at first but we´re finally doing some of what we came here to do. I´ve had the opportunity to practice using Spanish in a medical setting. Many of the illnesses are similar to what we often see in the US, but it has been quite an experience to treat illnesses with limited resources. I´ve also heard some amazing stories. Today I saw a patient who was 3 months pregnant who presented to the hospital with a complaint of vomiting profusely for 2-3 weeks. You´re probably wondering why she didn´t come to the hospital sooner? Well, she lives in the middle of the rain forest. She and her husband walked 3 days to get to a place where they could radio a helicopter. Once they made that call, they had to wait one week before the helicopter was able to get to them and then they were brought to this hospital. The residents here told me these kind of stories are quite common here.
Well, this weekend Deepika and I are planning to go to Baños which is a tourist city nearby that supposedly has some great hiking. Then, I´ll only have a few more days before I come back home to the arms of the lyrical gangster!
Con mucho amor en Ecuador,
Najwa "
"Hello readers, this is The Cheat writing from Ecuador. I´m doing a medical rotation here with my friend Deepika (aka Chevere´- look it up in your Spanish dictionary). We spent the first few days in Quito, the capital city, and it was a blast. We hung out all over the city. We went to the equator and did some hiking in the Andees Mountains. When I get back, I´ll be sure to hook up the lyrical gangster with pictures of our escapades.
After a few days of goofing around, we left for Puyo which is a small city (population 20,000) that is on the edge of the Amazon Rain Forest. We came here to work in the public hospital of Puyo. The relationship with the University of Michigan is a new one and we are the first residents to come down from UM so we were a little surprised to find out that the program isn´t that organized right now and that a lot of the work initially entailed meeting with administrators to negotiate terms of the relationship with UM. That was a little stressful at first but we´re finally doing some of what we came here to do. I´ve had the opportunity to practice using Spanish in a medical setting. Many of the illnesses are similar to what we often see in the US, but it has been quite an experience to treat illnesses with limited resources. I´ve also heard some amazing stories. Today I saw a patient who was 3 months pregnant who presented to the hospital with a complaint of vomiting profusely for 2-3 weeks. You´re probably wondering why she didn´t come to the hospital sooner? Well, she lives in the middle of the rain forest. She and her husband walked 3 days to get to a place where they could radio a helicopter. Once they made that call, they had to wait one week before the helicopter was able to get to them and then they were brought to this hospital. The residents here told me these kind of stories are quite common here.
Well, this weekend Deepika and I are planning to go to Baños which is a tourist city nearby that supposedly has some great hiking. Then, I´ll only have a few more days before I come back home to the arms of the lyrical gangster!
Con mucho amor en Ecuador,
Najwa "
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