I know it has been a while since I posted...I was able to get on Facebook for a few minutes on the 21st to send my sister Katie a happy birthday message and post a picture of the Panama Canal...other than that I have had extremely poor luck connecting to the internet...Emily posted some pictures in her last blog post so I won't post ones that look exactly the same from the exact angle since we were standing right next to each other on the bridge...and with that #ThisTransitIsLong #ThisTransitIsLooooong #ShipLife #81StairsEverydayUpandDown
JULY 18, 2015 SATURDAY
Not much
going on today besides Bingo on the mess decks…it was a huge crowd since there
were cash prizes and a 3 night stay at the Hilton in Barbados for liberty. So
much fun we played 4 games and there was so much competition and cheering it
was really a great morale booster.
JULY 19, 2015 SUNDAY
We spent
most of the day in the pharmacy playing games…mainly werewolf…which I’m told is
like mafia but I’d never heard of either…this group is so competitive and loud
and hilarious...we've even started to recruit some UCSD dental students to play
JULY 20,2015 MONDAY
Today was
all about RISK...that is all that needs to be said...if you've ever played RISK you know friendships are gained and lost with nothing but world domination in mind...everyone is a salty sailor when it comes to RISK...we also had field day...which is really just commands way of giving us cleaning time from 0800-1100...they have a lot of different names that sound like it would be fun but its really just cleaning...Emily and I spent 3hrs cleaning scuff marks and tape residue off of cabinets...like scrub so hard with harsh chemicals we took the paint off in layers...
JULY 21, 2015 TUESDAY
Today we
went through the panama canal…the command actually cancelled some cleaning
since it was field day yesterday and certain meetings so most people could
spend time watching the ship go through the locks…we were actually able to go
above the bridge and have a view of the front of the ship…they block the front
off for crew members to handle the ropes and cables that come from the crew on
shore at the canal…all of the enlisted pharmacy techs that were working today
went to dinner with Emily, Ester, Jerline and I…usually we end up sitting at
the NGO only tables (officers can sit there as well) but this time it wasn’t as
crowded so we all got a table together which was nice…its really a family
environment here everyone teases each other, has each others backs, and works
hard together in the pharmacy and on site….we played RISK again...the LTs are in a very real power struggle and RISK has become life
JULY 22, 2015 WEDNESDAY
Today Emily
and I had our presentation on Dengue Fever and Chikungunya…Earl had set up time
from 1900-2100 for our presentation as well as any other NGO groups that wanted
to speak. All of the pharmacists and a few of the pharmacy techs attended which
was very nice to have that support. The room we were in was neighboring the
weight gym and had many pipes that made for a very noisy room…. definitely put
us in a situation that required us to be loud enough and project our voice...I have very hit or miss presentation skills but this time even without really knowing the subject matter I felt confident...maybe its the sense of community with the pharmacy staff and NGOs here... The crowd was
very supportive and had several questions….we even had one of the physicians
with Latter Day Saints ask for a copy of the presentation because it was very
professional and informative.
JULY 23, 2015 THURSDAY
Today was
the first day of our lecture series in the pharmacy. Each pharmacist picked a
topic that we would discuss each day. LT Hand put it best in his opening
statements to the discussion group: “Welcome to the first annual Comfort
Discussion Series and what will most likely be the last Comfort Discussion
Series”….So you know just another special treat for Emily and I.LT Hand’s topic
was dyslipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia…we spent about an hour and 20 minutes
going over patient cases, guidelines, and how you would explain certain things
to patients….did I mention the difficulty when you don’t have access to
resources and the internet to look up material…
JULY 24, 2015 FRIDAY
Today we
attended the CO Call where Captain Sears talked about what the mission has
already accomplished and what to expect in the next few countries. This morning
I also attended a lecture by one of the navy pediatricians about efficient and
effective teaching…it was nice to here comments and different adjustments to
better help and understand medical students during their time as students and
residents…we got our berthing inspected today...and when I say inspected I say inspected...we had to take the "inspector" through both our lockers and rack...everyone's experience was a little different...mine was that the inspector went through EVERYTHING...my dirty clothes bag, every pocket, every nook and cranny...yeah I said nook and cranny...Today was Dr. Hsin’s (Jerline’s) topic discussion on sepsis. Jerline
has a different approach to teaching where we were quizzed entirely off of the
guidelines, definitions, and drug mechanisms of action and side effects. Since
I have not had inpatient experience yet I was taking as much information as I
could from Jerline and Dr. Moon (Ester) since they both were in residency
programs this past year….we pre-packed some medications for Haiti and finished
off the night with a few games of werewolf
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