íAdiόs y vaya con Dios!

I can’t believe it’s our last day in Mexico! The last couple of days have been amazing as we have been soaking up as much of Mexico as we can. At the same time it has been painful, having to say goodbye to every single person we have met in the last month, one at a time. I finally got around to photographing as much of the facilities as they would allow, just to prove that I actually did do work this month. ;) The facilities are very nice here at the school. All of the labs are brand new and the equipment is state of the art. Here are some pictures of the medical school and simulation lab:

Doctora Magda! I LOVE her!!!

Ciencias de la Salud - la Facultad de Medicina UDLA

SIM lab

This morning I got to spend one more day in the hospital, and it was an amazing day!  Franco and I went back to Orthopedics and Trauma and spent all morning and afternoon. I got to do a lot of hands on work today. We split up and I helped one of the residents and Franco helped another. Today I got to set a plaster cast, learned how to splint long bone fractures, remove sutures and staples, got pretty good at reading x-rays, and single-handedly bandaged about 30 long bone fracture surgery sites. Sounds pretty heroic huh? Yeah it does ;) Rounds went by quickly and we stayed in the residents quarters for a long time afterward, just talking to the residents and pretending to be doctors….well, Franco did, I passed out on the bunk beds. I’m exhausted from this amazing month in Mexico. I’m going to miss wearing my lab coat and being called Doctora.

Jorge! El mejor amigo de Mexico

Big Pete!

Bernardo, Juan, Matt, Cesar, Jorge

Alba

Man I'm gonna miss these guys!!!

 Well it was our last night in Mexico so of course we had to…fiesta! They had a going-away party for us at Juan’s apartment and everyone was there-so much fun! In fact I think we may have had a little TOO much fun our last night, but the details will have to be a mystery forever ;)  It was so sad to say goodbye, but such a great way to spend our last night in Mexico. We had to leave around 2am to get a taxi to Puebla, catch the bus to Mexico City, and fly out at 6am. The trip home was…well…crazy. We definitely missed the bus, and nearly missed our flight to the U.S. But when it was all said and done we made it. I think the hardest part was saying goodbye when we split up in Dallas. Matt and I have become really good friends this past month. Thanks for sharing this amazing adventure with me, Amigo =]. I’m gonna miss all my friends in Mexico. Hopefully I’ll be back to visit again someday. Until then, nos vemos y vaya con Dios!