My last post went up until mid-March, and since I’m
particular about writing things in order, that is where I’ll pick up. The end of March, if I recall correctly, was
just as uneventful as the beginning of March.
I kept somewhat-busy with my online class and the Institutional Review
Board (IRB) application that is required for doing research. Not much more to talk about there…
Fortunately, during the last week of March, the Director of
U.S. Operations of the foundation (see Hospital PVM tab) that runs the hospital came to Pedro. Laura brought with her a young filmmaker who
was gathering footage of the hospital and Pedro for a short documentary about
the foundation. It was so refreshing to
not only talk at length to people, but also to be talking at length in English! We had some great chats about the hospital
and healthcare and Ecuador
and grad school… I shared my limited
insight gathered during my time spent at the hospital and in the community, and
Laura was very helpful with ideas for advancing my project, as well. I assisted Mike, the filmmaker, with
interviewing one of the medical residents and then I also accompanied him to Quito, where he had the
task of meeting two people for interviews.
With basically no Spanish and no knowledge of the city of Quito, he was very
thankful I helped him out! We first had
a great lunch; I was ecstatic to have a delicious vegetarian meal! After the interviews, I was back to Pedro,
resuming the daily routine…
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| Interesting finding during a walk...people are resourceful here! |
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| View on the way to Quito. |
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| Mike taking footage, I was scared for his life on that ledge... |
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| Cream of asparagus soup! |
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| Main dish...marinated, grilled tofu with veges! |
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| Chocolate cake! |
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