Hey Everyone…so the rest of our week at clinic was pretty much the same we saw more sick babies whose mothers were ages 12-17 years. One interesting case we had was a young girl who was 15 years old, and this was her 5th child!!!! It was a really sad situation because she had her first child at age 10 because she was raped by her father. Her next to children were incest with her father as well…the last two she has had have been with a different partner. But s...

Hey! So I have made it back to Quito and have 3 weeks of the program left now. We have 3 weeks of clinicals left and I have 27 hours of Spanish classes to finish, I am taking 20 hours this week and then 7 hours next Monday and Tuesday. This week Julie and I are at the Adolescence Clinic. We thought we were going to be seeing Adolescent kids however we are actually seeing Adolescent mothers with children. We have seen mothers that range from 12 years of age to 18...

Heeeey Everyone!So this week was so far my most favorite clinic to be at! I was a pediatric clinic JOn Monday I started the clinic by arriving and Dr. Parades did not have very many patients so her and I sat down and started to talk in Spanish about everything. Life, school, pediatrics, medical school- the differences in Ecuador and the US, how their training is different, what they focus on, etc. We talked about what her favorite part of the job is and what her ...

Hey everyone! Take Two! Okay so I just typed out my whole blog and then went to submit it and it didn't go through and I lost it all! L NO! hahahahah ooook so here is take to! I made it to Ecuador safe and sound after a long travel! I left the states on Friday and went to Lima, Peru where I stayed the night on Friday and then left Saturday morning for Quito, Ecuador. Once I landed in Quito I was greeted by a woman named Canastanza who was the granddaughter of...