Saintsmen Help on Medical Mission!

This week, we were able to partake on a medical mission with a physical therapist volunteering his time here in San Lucas. Koichi Ishino, Fernando Galan, and I, Juan Miguel Rodriguez, travelled around the neighboring communities from Monday to Wednesday translating in order to facilitate communication between the patients and the physical therapist. Among the variety of patients were people with physical and neurological disabilities. The majority of the time, we were aiding them with new exercises to speed the recovery process.

The three of us felt that this special form of service was perhaps the most beneficial for the people of San Lucas. Everyone arrived at the end of the day impacted by the incredible experience. The opportunity also gave us a taste of the medical world, which was a great chance for us (Miguel Rodriguez and Fernando Galan) because we are particularly interested in the medical field. There was one specific case that impacted us substantially. This little boy named Gerbert suffered from epilepsy and would at times fall and injure his head on the concrete, especially when descending the stairs. We all collaborated with the therapist and the mission staff to create an auxiliary railing for him to walk down the stairs with greater ease and prevent him from falling. We could not have asked for a more rewarding experience.

Esta semana, pudimos tomar parte de una mision medica con un terapista al ser voluntarios aqui en San Lucas. Koichi Ishino, Fernando Galan, y yo, Juan Miguel Rodriguez, fuimos al rededor de las comunidades desde el lunes hasta el miercoles traduciendo para poder falicitar la comunicaion entre los pacientes y el terapista. Entre la variedad de pacientes habia gente con discapaciades fisicas y neurologicas. La mayoria del tiempo, los ayudamos con nuevos ejercisios para que recuperen su movilidad con mas rapidez.


Nosotros tres sentimos que esta forma especial de servicio fue probablemente la mas benefica para la gente de San Lucas. Todos llegamos impactados por nuestra increible experiencia el final del dia. Esta oportunidad tambien nos dio un vistaso al mundo medico porque fue una buena suerte para nosotors(Miguel Rodriguez and Fernando Galan) que estamos particularmente interesados en las carreras medicas. Hubo un caso en particular que nos sorprendio extensamente. Un joven nino llamado Gerbert sufria de epilepcia y a cada rato se caeria y se lastimaria su cabeza con el asfalto, especialmente al bajar por escaleras.  Todos colaboramos con el terapeutico y la parroquia para crear un barantal auxiliar para que el pueda bajar y subir las escaleras con mas facilidad y para imperdir que se caiga. Jamas pudieramos haber pedido una experiencia mas recompensante.

- Juan Miguel Rodriguez, Francisco Koichi Ishino y Jose Armando