Last day of clinic in San Jose

It's Thursday, and we are wrapping up the last morning of clinic prior to packing up and heading down the mountain to Tela. It's a mixed sentiment. The patients are still coming in steadily to clinic, and I, for one, am sad to have to roll up all of the eyeglasses supplies. Haven't had to turn anyone away from an eye exam, but still hoping that the one myopic (nearsighted) patient will come back into clinic so that we could fit her into glasses. The eye clinic has been very interesting the past couple of days. There is nothing more precious that putting a pair of glasses on a patient who couldn't see and afterwards could read the tiniest of numbers on the near card. There were other instances where the glasses couldn't really help much. Many patients came yesterday with maturing cataracts that could only be helped by surgery. Hopefully they can all make their way down to the ophthalmology clinic in El Progreso (and that the letters describing their eye exams will help).

I think everyone of us is looking forward to Tela. A change of pace from the hectic clinic and a chance to spend time catching up with members of the health committee... and obviously just plain enjoy the beach! Let's hope for sunshine, since the last couple of days the skies were quite weepy around here (see previous post).
This morning the weather is seemingly holding out. The clouds have lifted and sun is beaming down once again, drying up all the puddles. If it stays like this, it could be a very nice ride down the mountain to Imapro and then Tela.
See you all soon!