NOTE: JUST NOW ABLE TO UPLOAD! DAY 2 BLOG DIDN’T SAVE THE PICTURES, SO I WILL REDO THAT ONE AND SEND YOU DAY 3 INSTEAD. SORRY!
Hey, no rain last night. But that means a very warm day. We were going top setup in the church, but they decided to drill the well at the church entrance! So we moved to someone’s front porch. This turned out to be a good move in that there was better air circulation and a bit cooler then in the church. Church, by the way is a loose term, see picture below. Really a great multi-use building, church once a week, community meetings, (several in our group pitched their tents inside thinking it was going to rain), and an all around hang out spot for us and the kids.
Clinic was a bit disappointing. After an hour of set up, we only had patients for around two and a half hours. Close to noon everyone waiting (or just hanging out) disappeared, and nobody every returned! We were told that the word was out, and we pulled around 12 teeth, but we would have liked to have been busy all day. We hope to be busier at the clinic in Iquitos.
The well drilling went well. They went to around 25 feet to get fresh water, cased the hole with a 2 inch PVC, then another 1 inch pipe. They finished in the morning and people have been trading off all afternoon pumping it to clear the sediment.
One unexpected result of living in the Amazon jungle: chiggers! Many, not all, were getting these mosquito like welts that were “different”. Some of the local kids saw them, disappeared then returned with a chicken feather. (Stay with me here). They pulled the feather off leaving the quill. They they got to work on Gloria and one of the students. These two had the most bites. I came in third. Their feet and ankles were covered with chigger bites. In the middle of the bite is the chigger, a bright orange dot, no bigger than a pin tip. Not pin head, pin tip. A fraction of a millimeter, I can’t see them without my loupes I use in dentistry. Anyway, a little girl spent quit some time going over Gloria’s feet and ankles, removing one Chigger after another, while a little boy worked over the male student.
We are leaving San Andrus tomorrow to take the boat back to Iquitos.
Eewww! Is was Jason said! There is always something fun to be had on these trips! I remember the Mosquitos!
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