On Wednesday I was on the Surgical Intensive Care unit. The unit had a variety of diagnoses, some from one patient with buccal (cheek) cancer who had to get part of his cheek removed and his calf muscle transplanted, to another patient who had a crushed pelvis after a rock climbing incident. The patient I was assigned to had a heart attack the night before and was on a ventilator until his lungs cleared up from pulmonary edema. Being with this patient taught me how important it is to listen to your doctors and take care of your body! This patient had a 10 year history of hyperlipidemia (high fat in blood), hypercholesteremia (high cholesterol), hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. All of these condtions are preventable and are warning signs to something potentially more dangerous that happen to your body in the future.
Thursday was a rest and study day. Our team was able to finish several group projects and were very productive:)
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| The cat that lives at ORTV |
Friday-- we visited ORTV again (the same place we went on Monday). I got to record several things that'll be on the radio over here to help teach English! Tonight we went to "Friday Night Life" which is for people who want to learn more about Christ and learn English at the same time. There are many different levels of English interpretation for people of all levels. This was an amazing organization and people are so eager to learn English and learn more about Christianity.
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