On occasion, Back2Back is blessed with medical mission teams to serve alongside us. This past week, we've had 2 doctors and a medical student and they've seen a LOT of patients. I have been translating for the team this week. Every single kid has a ton of cavities - and I didn't realize that they were so visible - big black dots on the tooth. crazy. We need some dentists and we already have 2 fully equipped dental chairs and a surgical room in our clinic so if you know a dentist.... send them our way please. Many kids had huge wax build ups in their ears and I got to help doctor dan translate the removal procedures for 2 girls and holy junk... a TON of stuff came out of their ears - and no i do not have pictures. yuck.
To the right is Doctor Dan, a medical student in his last year of medical school at Ohio State with Angel. Today was pretty awkward on occasion. I had a lot of fun because a ton of my favorite little guys from Casa Hogar Douglas came to see the doctors and I translated for the doctors a lot. But when the doctor would say, "okay now i need to do the testicular development exam" or whatever he was saying and that they needed someone else to be in the room while they did it and to explain to the little boy why they were doing it and that only doctors were allowed to look down there. Each and every time that happened, i insisted on leaving the room and getting a different translator b/c those are my favorite little guys and I didnt want them to feel awkward around me when i saw them the next day. I'm not a doctor for crying out loud - so i gotta out of there quick.
Jahir getting his height and weight documented. Back2Back is in the process of creating electronic medical records for every child at each home we serve. Our Juniper Clinic is seriously just insane to me. Through donations, Back2Back was able to build a fully equipped state of the art clinic to serve the people here.
The picture to the right shows a rare time in this waiting room- when the kids are calm and actually sitting in the chairs. For the most part, this waiting room was complete chaos - crayons everywhere, around 25 kids all over the floor, coloring books ripped apart.... and who gave them all that to go crazy with? Yes folks... I'm the one to blame. haha... let's just say that we had some fun.
On occasion, Back2Back is blessed with medical mission teams to serve alongside us. This past week, we've had 2 doctors and a medical student and they've seen a LOT of patients. I have been translating for the team this week. Every single kid has a ton of cavities - and I didn't realize that they were so visible - big black dots on the tooth. crazy. We need some dentists and we already have 2 fully equipped dental chairs and a surgical room in our clinic so if you know a dentist.... send them our way please. Many kids had huge wax build ups in their ears and I got to help doctor dan translate the removal procedures for 2 girls and holy junk... a TON of stuff came out of their ears - and no i do not have pictures. yuck.
To the right is Doctor Dan, a medical student in his last year of medical school at Ohio State with Angel. Today was pretty awkward on occasion. I had a lot of fun because a ton of my favorite little guys from Casa Hogar Douglas came to see the doctors and I translated for the doctors a lot. But when the doctor would say, "okay now i need to do the testicular development exam" or whatever he was saying and that they needed someone else to be in the room while they did it and to explain to the little boy why they were doing it and that only doctors were allowed to look down there. Each and every time that happened, i insisted on leaving the room and getting a different translator b/c those are my favorite little guys and I didnt want them to feel awkward around me when i saw them the next day. I'm not a doctor for crying out loud - so i gotta out of there quick.
Jahir getting his height and weight documented. Back2Back is in the process of creating electronic medical records for every child at each home we serve. Our Juniper Clinic is seriously just insane to me. Through donations, Back2Back was able to build a fully equipped state of the art clinic to serve the people here. 
The picture to the right shows a rare time in this waiting room- when the kids are calm and actually sitting in the chairs. For the most part, this waiting room was complete chaos - crayons everywhere, around 25 kids all over the floor, coloring books ripped apart.... and who gave them all that to go crazy with? Yes folks... I'm the one to blame. haha... let's just say that we had some fun.
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You are a wild women. Caroline, love your blog.
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