It was a glorious first clinic day. We got up and ate breakfast between 5:45 & 6:30. Typical vietnamese breakfast is unlike ours, it is more of a full meal... soup, noodles, eggs, steak type stuff, sausage, fruit, etc. I just eat some sausage and fruit and I'm good to go. The ride to the clinic was 1hr 30 min and I'm just here to tell you that it was as smooth as the scalp of a Vietnamese child (if you can't tell from the picture it wasn't smooth). Once to the location of the clinic we were directed up into this "keep the tigers away" hut (it was on stilts). It was pretty cool. There was only one room and the building was made out of bamboo and palm frowns... even the floor.
I was originally assigned to pharmacy but quickly realized that I would be better suited some where else ("my way or the high way" type women ruled this joint). I went to the providers section to fetch Michael and never returned. I started to work with Dr. Dave. He's a cool guy with an obsession with cameras. Oh, and he's the big cat on campus. If there's any medical problem that might require surgery (that we can't perform) then they get directed to him for evaluation.
There was this little boy that came through that had these big purple lips. His fingers were clubbed. And his heart was on the right (like left & right) side of his body (to bad he's not dyslexic bc that would work out great for the pledge of allegiance). Dr. Dave asked his mom if they could get the chest x-rays, etc. redone since it has been a year. She said yes. 
I kind of don't remember anything else that happened yesterday so that will have to do. Oh, we had hamburgers for lunch.
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