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Hello again,
Last week's visit to the clinic just seemed to drag on and it was amazing how time seemed to go so fast this week. It seemed like I had just gotten there, and like nothing, the two hours were gone and it was time for me to leave. Also, today I actually had to do quite a bit of translating which could have also made it seem faster. Our first patient was one of the first patients in all my visits that actually physically appeared sick. Of course the others were sick or had something wrong but you couldn't tell just by looking at them. This patient however, right away could tell that she was feeling horrible. Dr. Bellows let me look at her throat and asked me what was unusual about it. Of course I am no throat specialist but I could clearly see little white sacs that just looked attached to her tonsils. He told me those were pus sacs and tested her for strep throat which came back negative. Nice of the patient to actually let me look. I think she was just feeling so bad and wanted someone to make her feel better, no matter who it was. We gave her good medicine so hopefully she can be on her way again. Today we also had our first young patient. I guess since there is a pediatric section, we don't really get to see young people. She was 17 so I guess that was too old for pediatrics. This patient was also very rude and very short with the doctor (I'm assuming because she is just young and a bit immature) however the doctor remained professional even though the reason for her visit was a little strange and the doctor didn't really know what to tell her without offending her. She pretty much got sent home with the "prescription" of "stop wearing sweaters while its still hot and wear deodorant!" Dr. Bellows also spoke to me today about his time as a doctor and how when he first began his surgical career, anesthesia methods and monitoring devices were MUCH different than they are today. I guess we never really pay attention to how lucky we are to have so much technology and how much safer and effective it has made medicine. I really enjoyed my time at the clinic today and hope to continue to learn and experience more.