Nuevo Nacimiento de Calles- got there by a boat- first the lake, then a tributary/ narrow passageway, then 2 people took horses, and the rest went by foot on this very open, very hot trail (supposed to be about a 30-45minute walk). The tractor truck was going to meet us, but was still on its way back to the river from the town when we arrived. The going was hard- a lot of mud and water on the trail, and the sun beating down on us (prob about 830am or so). Thankfully, the tractor did end up picking us up for the last 1/3 or so of the way- we actually had to tend to our own for a while before setting up clinic- she almost had heat stroke, requiring needing to lie down, drink fluids, we put cold water and ice on her, and tried to fan her.
I think all of us dumped cold water on our heads.
Once we had recovered, clinic was open for business. We some interesting things, including two abscesses on kids. Carol and I removed a piece of wood from a girl’s foot!
I stepped out of clinic for a minute to attend the community meeting (all men)- they were very excited about smokeless stove ideas.
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