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Honduras 2023. Day 8/8. Saturday Dec. 9th.

I slept well having taken a Sonata and a Benadryl as I wanted to be well rested for the travel day despite my cold being a little worse. David, Cesar and I were up at our usual 5:30am, I had packed everything the night before so after showering I still had some time before breakfastContinue reading “Honduras 2023. Day 8/8. Saturday Dec. 9th.”

Honduras 2023. Day 7/8. Friday Dec. 8.

The Charities: Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos  NPHUS.org  OneWorldSurgery.org While in bed on Wednesday night I felt a slight tickle in the back of my throat which is usually the first symptom I experience when I get a cold. On the day we arrived I vaguely heard that a woman had felt sick on arrival with significant URI symptomsContinue reading “Honduras 2023. Day 7/8. Friday Dec. 8.”

Honduras 2023. Day 6/8. Thursday Dec. 7. Chanukah in Chonduras.

I forgot to mention in yesterday’s entry that when I wrote the date on the first patient’s chart (no EMR) 6-Dec-23 (Honduran way) I realized that it was my late father’s birthday. It was always easy to remember as it was the day before Pearl Harbor day (and my mom’s the day before Valentine’s Day). Continue reading “Honduras 2023. Day 6/8. Thursday Dec. 7. Chanukah in Chonduras.”

Honduras 2023. Day 5/8. Wednesday 12/6. 🐪 Day!

Today is Sat. Dec. 16th, I worked yesterday for the first time since returning home from Boca Raton on Wednesday. I had thought I was completely over the mild cold I returned from Honduras with, but it still lingered slightly as I felt fatigued all day at work. Luckily it was a fairly stress-free dayContinue reading “Honduras 2023. Day 5/8. Wednesday 12/6. 🐪 Day!”

Honduras 2023. Day 4/8. Tuesday 12/5.

I REALLY wanted to get my entire Mission Trip blogging (8 days worth) done by Wednesday 12/13 (my last day in Boca Raton) but even if I get this one done now (at airport) and next on the flight home I don’t see it happening, but maybe by tomorrow… After another good nights sleep IContinue reading “Honduras 2023. Day 4/8. Tuesday 12/5.”

Honduras 2023. Day 3/8. Monday 12/4.

I slept very well having taken a Sonata (Zaleplon) and wearing sleep comfy headphones. Sonata is a very short-acting sleeping pill that keeps me from waking up a lot during the night but has no sedation after 6 hours. I had first used it for my 11-hour flight to Fiji as I knew that IContinue reading “Honduras 2023. Day 3/8. Monday 12/4.”

Honduras 2023. Day 1/8. Saturday 12/2.

Saturday I had a flight from Miami International to Honduras (XPL, Palmerola International Airport, in Comayagua, serving Tegucigalpa, the capital and largest city; all the different names made it confusing when looking for flight info at the airport). My flight on American Airlines was at 11:20am. For our medical mission, we were told we hadContinue reading “Honduras 2023. Day 1/8. Saturday 12/2.”