OK so just so you don’t think we take care of ourselves like the good Naturopathic Physician’s we are, I thought I would let you in on a little secret we found here. A swimming pool!!! It is an oasis in the middle of the city, off the beaten path. It is a place for weddings and receptions (and for students and docs who need to cool off). It was cool, refreshing and there were speakers we could hook out IPOD’s into it! Simply amazing!!
We spent the last day with the students floating in the pool, laughing and listening to music. It was so insanely nice to be able to lie in water (no, sweating all the time does not count) and being a self proclaimed “water baby”, I was living the good life. We were the only people there which was not surprising as they charged $5 USD for 4 hours of swimming, far more than the average Haitian would and could spend in an afternoon. I felt a bit of guilt for lounging around all day at this pool that most people cannot afford to go to. On the other hand I know that if I am a burned out, overworked, tired doc my patients will get burned out, overworked, tired care. I know that even when I am feeling less than well rested the patients are not receiving the top notch care that they deserve so I imagine what kind of care I would be providing the next day (on adult clinic day) if I had not taken the opportunity to relax…after we oversaw the students and all 310 patients we treated in the two weeks they were here J
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