Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Day 5. Looks like the stomach flu swept through the team. Lacy and Stacey were up sick all night, Mark was still too ill to work, and Beth came down with it too. Elsbeth was also not feeling well, so we headed out with a much smaller team. Denis the Canadian nurse did a housecall and gave Stacey an IV.

The boat was moored far up another winding creek, in a very scenic and very jungly area near Lamantia.








Again kids trekked in a long way to see us, but at least it wasn’t through mud.


Nasha assisted me for a few patients,


then she and Tim had to leave for the village, so Martine worked with me. He doesn’t speak a word of English but he speaks Spanish and Quechi, which helped with the kids.



It took us a long time to get set up and explain how my material worked in my limited Espanol with Davy’s help, but he got it pretty well and we got working quite efficiently as long as I didn’t need something out of the ordinary, when the system would break down and I’d have to go rooting for stuff. Without Mark we did more extractions, but all went well and again the kids were outstanding. The bioactive material really let me do a lot more work than scheduled, working quickly but gently on areas that weren’t anesthetized.







Gerard was working with Miguel the dental tech, and he was a machine, seeing tons of kids.


Rob and Kristy were very efficient, as they were the original duo.


Kids heading home with Mom.

When we got back Lacy and Mark were well enough to come for dinner,


a guided tour of the caves and a visit to the hot springs.