Last night I went to the Social that the program puts on for the volunteers so that they can all meet each other. I meet people from Australia, Denmark, Belgium, France, and Germany and they all are doing different things in the Projects Abroad program. It was cool to hear all their different accents and there were so many convos going on in different languages. I was like...all ya'll who speak english hollaaa atcha girl! Everyday I am beginning to learn what an impact the US has on the rest of the world. Many of the volunteers asked me what I thought about certain polices Obama has put in place (oh dear goodness) and I have quickly learned that the Argentineans and Europeans that I have met are not George Bush fans. For the social, we went to a Bohemian restaurant where I found loud music, men with pony tails, and lots of great food! At the social, my friend Ziat, who I met yesterday, told me that when he was in the hospital in the morning, he saw a C-section of a girl who is 12 years old. He said the father was there and he was 13 years old. I could hardly believe it!
This morning I went to Casa Cuna. This is a public children's hospital and it is where I will be working until I leave to go back to the US. The hospital used to be an orphanage and was converted into a hospital many years ago. Again, IT IS SO DIFFERENT! There was a dog sleeping in one of the halls, there is no air conditioning, there are no nurses (the doctors do all the work!), and literally anyone can walk through the hospital and go anywhere they want. I didn't see a cool library like I saw yesterday, but I'm on the look out.
I met my supervisor today whom I will be working with for the rest of my time. Her name is Dr. Ellie! She is super nice and wants to teach me a lot. I was with her for an hour today when she got the patients from the waiting room and brought them back to her office to examine them. Today I wore my dark navy scrubs, so I'm afraid I was not one of the cool, hip doctors. (oh well, guess you can't be cool todos los dias) Today I finished at the hospital at 12 PM because it is a holiday...THE NEW YEAR!! In Argentina, it is a really big deal! Everyone goes with their families to have dinner and then celebrates until the morning! That is why they have monday as vacation too!
This afternoon I am off to the city center to hopefully get a new converter for my electronics! Even though this has nothing to do with my blog, I would still like to say I'm cheering hard for all my MAVS here in Argentina! Right now we are just working out the kinks, so watch out NBA, your 2011 champs are going to do it again!
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