Rainy day endoscopys

Before I left, my grandpa told me that Shell gets somewhere around 25 feet of rain a year. I'm kinda wondering if he's underestimating. Thus far it's rained every day. The weather is generally wonderful (between 65 and 85), but it also changes on a dime. I took this picture from the back of the hospital today (looking at the resident's house). It was beautiful and sunny when I came in this morning.

My job here has become much more defined the past few days. I generally have been helping out on the floor (working with inpatients) in the morning when I first arrive, and then I move to the ER where I help out wherever is needed. I've seen a lot of things already, including snake bites, general illness, and others. Today I helped out with 4 endoscopys (specifically gastrointestinalendoscopys, upper GI endoscopys). An endoscopy is basically when a camera is attached to the end of a long tube that can be placed into the body to see things. We were looking mostly at the esophogous and stomach. It was quite interesting. When the docs found something cool, they let me take a look in the scope.

Tomorrow evening we're planning on going hiking on one of the nearby mountains. Although, it might fall through because the intern who was organizing it might have to go Quito tomorrow. We'll see. If it happens, I should have some great pics this weekend!