Mondays are usually a day most people dread, but the start of this week meant the opening of the crèches which I had been looking forward to for a while! I started off the day by waking up at 7 am to turn on the water heater so I could shower, only to discover we were without power. Thank you power-cut! After giving upon showering, I changed and headed out for the day. This morning, I shadowed at KHMS, the local paid hospital that is fairly westernized, for the first time. I mainly shadowed Dr. Arun who also works in the FIMRC Rural clinic and at the crèches. He specializes in orthopedics. I am really interested in orthopedics so that was awesome, but he sees a lot less patients than the doctors at Pasam since you must pay to be seen at KHMS. After heading to a continental cafe for lunch where I got a delicious quesadilla, we walked to Nathaniel Crèche. The kids were absolutely adorable! While Dr. Arun gave the kids check ups, we sat and played with them.
Dr. Arun seeing one of the crèche children.
Shaelagh and the youngest child at Nathaniel Crèche.
Two boys playing with toy airplanes.
The children clapping along to English rhymes.
More of the adorable crèche children!
After having snacks and coffee we headed home for the day. We are going to a second crèche tomorrow so there will be more pictures to come! After getting back to the volunteer house, Shaelagh and I decided to go for a run since it was beautiful out. It was our first attempt running at such a high altitude so we kept it fairly short but it felt great! I'm hoping we will some more nice weather and be able to run more. After suffering through an ice cold shower, the power finally came back on just in time for me to post this blog.
Liz
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