Everything is moving so fast. My week here in Minnesota is rapidly coming to a close, a little faster than I would like it to, but I have managed to get almost everything accomplished. Here is a quick update for you all on what I have learned about my trip in the last week: My placement- I'll be working at a health clinic called Los Licenciados. I'm afraid I am not entirely sure what I will be doing, something in the nature of shadowing physicians, blood draws, taking patients vital signs, measuring and weighing babies and accompaning the doctors on house calls to people outside of Ayacucho. I have been talking through email to previous interns and they all said that the longer you stay and the more willing you are to help, the more you
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