Pepperdine makes it to Antigua....Clinic in Choacaman

Pepperdine update: I spoke to Julie this evening and the group has arrived in Antigua. The parents of the Pepperdine students can be very proud! This group conducted themselves very well. They were punctual with meeting times and jumped right in to help, not needing a lot of direction. I hope they will be able to return sometime and help create more smiles!

Today we headed to Chocaman IV for our clinic. We had 12 medical patients. It was a variety of illness and some previous patients returned, feeling much better.

There were 2 diabetic patients there today and it was exciting to see their glucose more controlled. One patient's glucose was 85 today and another one was 120. Both of these men were over 300 when first diagnosed.

Several children had fevers today. One child's temperature was 101 so Gaspar did not wait for the mother to give the medicine when she got home, he gave the first dose there. He and Juan were both excited later to see the temperature coming down.

The photo below is of two children with their bags of medicine waiting for the rest of the family. They were so excited, you would have thought they were birthday presents and not medicine

Below is another clip of Anja's Birthday! It was after the pinata broke open and everyone was on the ground looking for and grabbing the candy..........sometimes I think the adults have more fun than the children!