Clinic Day 5!

Buenas noches!
We had a very long day today. Starting bright and early, we headed out to the clinics to open nine new boxes that finally arrived! They were full of clothes, shoes, and some much needed medication. Over two hundred patients showed up to see us, so we were very busy! Our assessment skills have very much improved since the beginning, though. We were able to finish and provide everyone with medications, clothing, and shoes by 2:30! We stopped by la Universidad Evangelica de San Salvador to drop off some gifts we got for the students and faculty, and headed to the Love Link nutritional rehabilitation clinic.
The Love Link is an organization set up by a couple from Texas that began in 1987. They take in babies who are severely malnourished and give them nutritional therapy until they meet the desired amount of nutritional status and weight gain. They also educate the parents who want to keep the child about nutritional needs and healthy lifestyles, or find a home for a child whose parents do not want to keep them. We had the pleasure of meeting the husband who helped found Love Link, the staff, and a few of the babies they were caring for today. We all admired the incredible work they do. He showed us pictures of babies before they enter the facility and when they leave. The difference they make in these families´ lives is unbelievable. They can take a baby in whose doctors have given up on them, and send them off as a healthy child!
Once we finished with the tour, we hit up the mall for some comida for the bus ride tomorrow. We are all pooped after five days of clinic! Looking forward to leaving the hotel at 5:30 am for our 4 hour bus ride to Guatemala. WOOP WOOOP!
We miss all of our families and cannot wait to see you guys when we get back!!

<3 Kara