Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Missionaries of the Highways!
Hello Family and Friends,
Today we had another amazing day with the children and staff at missionaries. We again had two teams of students/practioner mixes. In the Wheelchair room was Gina Knebel, Megan Lessard, Lauren Krabacher and Megan O'Malley
and in the sensory room/oral motor was Kristen Galloway, Brittany Schmidt, Allison Jordan and Emily Mertz and Jessica Donohue was floating between the rooms. We were able to fit several children to chairs today, two of which were their first wheelchairs. They were not too happy to be in them at first but seemed to settle in well with lots of bubbles and singing to distract them. Their parents were very grateful. We had several children that had issues with feeding that were helped as well. We took photos and translated care plans for the parents to take home to help. One thing we found very interesting was that although two children received new chairs and parents were very thankful, telling us how helpful this will be for them, we did notice that the parents still carried the children out of facility pushing the empty wheelchairs.
We also had the wonderful opportunity to visit a universidad de Rafael Landivar which a school for occupational and physical therapy (when they graduate they will be certified in both!) We were able to sit in on 3 different classes, a lab where we practiced techniques with them, guatemalan sign language and sports medicine class. The Guatemalan students then came back to the hotel and we all enjoyed dinner together and spoke about difference with our professions in different countries. This was an awesome learning experience for all involved, we truly cherished this experience.

Hope all is well at home and until manana, buenas noches!

The Megans AKA Megan squared (or Lessard and O'Malley)

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