Ok so the last couple day's I've been working in the clinic from about 930-1pm. It's a primary care facility and it's supported by the government. People can get free healthcare, but I guess some pay 5-20 dollars. The clinic is called Xochimilco clinica central.
They've been having me hang around the pediatric nurses who basically just give vaccines or 'vacunas.' It's interesting, but I'm ready to move on to other parts of the clinic. Every week we will be in a different clinic. Next week I'll be in a hospital, then a private clinic, etc. They're trying to give us a good range of different types of heath care facilities. I'll meet next Thursday with Dr. Tenorio and the other CFHI students and discuss the health care system here and talk about our experiences.
I usually return from clinic around 1pm like I said. So far I've kind of used this time to take a nice little 'siesta'. Almuerzo is at 3pm every day. This is the most important mean of the day in Mexico. My host mom is an AMAZING cook. She always starts us off with some fresh fruit--today it was watermelon. Then we'll have a soup, or something like that. Today it was onion soup, yesterday was carrot soup... SOOO GOOOD. I'll start taking pics of the meals, because holy crap they are amazing. The onion soup had avocado, quesillo (a nummy cheese that oaxaca is known for), bacon, and squeezed lemon. After the soup we usually have tostadas con queso, frijoles, salsa, papas, or something like that. Then there's some sweets after. Today it was this meringue pastry with coconut on top. YUMMY! She's also just really friendly, wears the most colorful clothing, and is very helpful with my ever-improving spanish. She's basically awesome.
Anyways, after almuerzo, I have Spanish classes from 5-7pm. We spend an hour reviewing grammar and an hour on medical terminology in Spanish. The teacher is buenisimo! He does a great job and makes it fun.
That's all for now. Here are some pics from the last few days. I need to take more! especially at the clinic.
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