¡Hola todos! ¿Cómo estan?  Somos bien- poquizas un poco cansado, pero no esta mal.  Hoy, digamos clinica y León (León despues).  Clinica continua bien, nuestros pacientes son muy amables y simpaticos.  Nuestras abilidades de la lengua estan mejorando, pero a veces esta dificil. Jueves, pregunte un hombre a hablar un poco mas alta porque yo no lo oige--- pues, el vino cerca a mi, y dice muy alta y despacio el problema. :)  Fue no enojado, solamente piense que yo no puedo oir.

Además, tenemos un reunión Viernes con Dr. Parajón.  Hablamos sobre clinica y lombrices.  Aparece qui, ascardis y giardia tienen un compañera- trichuris.  In Inglés, trichuris es "whipworm".  Necesita les da pacientes mas de un pastilla de Allbendazole a removar trichuris.  Normalmente, recetamos Albendazole por 3 dias.   La fundación Amos quiere ayudar MINSA a hacer las guías mas corriente sobre lombrices.

From Caroline: This weekend we visited Leon, the former capital of Nicaragua.  It is a beautiful town with many cathedrals to visit, as well as a large university, including a medical school.  Saturday we arrived early and were able to walk and tour the city before an afternoon horseback riding tour.  We went to Rancho Los Alpes, just outside of Leon.  We rode through the farm and down the road to a local family home.  The family showed us how to milk a cow, and how to make corn tortillas from scratch.  The family participates in a program with Rancho Los Alpes to help teach others about their way of life.  The creator of the program at Rancho Los Alpes met with us at the family’s home and told us about her views on helping the community she lives and works in.  They are doing some great things to help teach tourists about Nicaragua and help the community as well.

Today we went hiking with a group called Quetzaltrekkers.  They are a non profit organization that helps three main community groups in the Leon area.  They plan hikes and camping trips to make money to give to the groups as well as sharing their volunteers with the group.  They took us to Cerro Negro, a relatively young volcano in Nicaragua.  We made the climb in a little over an hour, and then slid down the volcano side on a board fashioned as a sled.  It was a wonderful experience and had some great views.
If you are interested in viewing what these two groups do, click here:
http://ecolodgelosalpes.com/
http://www.quetzaltrekkers.com/