Whoops, I have fallen a bit behind on writing blog posts, but it has been a busy week. I feel like so much happens in a day it is impossible to capture it all through the blog! This week we had our first two days of village based rehabilitation (VBR). We weren’t entirely sure what this was going to look … Continue reading →
Ok, I think I am going to start trying to write shorter blog posts so I can do them more often. I just had to write about this because I had the best experience last night. We were told that there was some sort of celebration that was going to happen in Ayikudy (the town right outside of ASSA), so … Continue reading →
I guess the heat took such a toll on us last week that we needed a vacation already! (Or our preceptors already had a weekend trip planned, so we tagged along). Either way, Steph and I made our way to Varkala Beach, which is a touristy town/beach in Kerela that is on the coast west of where ASSA is located. … Continue reading →
Wow what another couple days. They’ve been so busy I’ve barely had a chance to write anything! Yesterday was great because it was another day with the SCI unit. I forgot to mention before that it is all males, we aren’t sure exactly why, but that’s the case. And culturally that means we can’t do all aspects of therapy as … Continue reading →
Holy moly what a day! The first day of placement was great! It went in no way according to plan. We had thought we had appointments with clients in the morning and then do planning and paperwork in the afternoon. Nope. We started with clients in the spinal cord unit (sci) but they weren’t really up and about, and then … Continue reading →