"I'ma do just what i want, lookin ahead no turnin' back. If i fall, if i die, know i lived it to the fullest. If i fall, if i die, know i lived and missed some bullets."
Today 2 classmates and i got an amazing opprotunity to shadow with Sergio Castro while he visited a school he was currently building and then we went alongside him to homes of people who needed his medical attention. People were for the most part very welcoming to having us there, which personally was a big surprise in such a delicate situation. We were able to visit a village outside of San Cristobal, close to Montesion. The village was very quite, except for the distant gunfire and what sounded like cannons and bazookas. Sergio explained to us that the military base (that was just down the street), would do training on fridays. There was no danger for us, but it was something that was hard to wrap your head around, in a quiet little village, then these overwhelming booms every few minutes. After doing some measurments and inspection, we left the village to go back to San Cristobal to visit houses for bandage changes. Sergio is really fabulous with all of his patients, he visits 14 a day, once their wounds are healing he may only go every other day to some but he goes every day otherwise. The main reasons people needed his assistance are for burns or ulcers. People often will have seizures and fall into fires causing the burns, or veins rupture in people with diabetes and the white blood cells eat away at the wound and cause it to get worse.
We also had an amazing experience while driving to homes, we were flagged down by the state police, asking for papers on the vehicle and to look in the trunk. So Sergio and the driver get out of the car to show them the trunk (and thats where sergio has his medical equipment) and they explain to the officer what Sergio does and then he begins treating the officer! he had a wound on his hand so what could have been a nervous experience, was a huge amount of learning instead! It was so cool, its really hard to put into words how amazed we were that this was happening right before our eyes!
Our class has had a bit of a "but what can we do?" attitude present, a sense of defeat if you will. After what i had seen today, i have restored faith in the fact that one person can make such a difference. We talk so much about the bad in the world, and its amazing to see a glimpse of good wherever we can get it. The more i'm here the more i'm thankful for my life and the cards i've been dealt, i look forward to the things i will be able to do in my life because it is in fact possible to do a world of good and only be one person.
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