Recap

During rotations yesterday, Miles and I talked to the sweetest girls. They had been given a tour of the hospital at the same time as we did when we were first arriving at St. Mary’s on Monday, so we recognized them. We were just finishing our pediatric rounds for the day when one of them approached us and asked if we were from the United States. We responded, and she had questions for us about our schooling and how we went about studying abroad. She ushered her friend over to talk with us as well, and we told them about medical school in the United States and studying abroad, as well as answering the few other questions they had. They asked for our advice about pursuing medicine, as they were hoping to do so also. They were so cute, and quite a bit shy. I was very surprised to find them almost awe struck by our presence in Durban, so much to the point of being timid to approach us for advice. We were so happy to give it, and encouraged them to find their passion and go for it with all of their heart. We wished them well, and left St. Mary’s for the last time. I really hope that they stick to their dreams; I would never be happy if I didn’t follow my heart myself, and that was the best advice I knew to give.

Our weekend plans didn’t work out, as we guessed it. We woke up early to head to the local mall to visit the internet café to try our luck one more time for St. Lucia, but it was closed! The sign on the door said it wasn’t supposed to close until one, but was subject to change at anytime….we were there at 11:30, so that must have been what happened, as today was a holiday here. We were sort of frustrated, because that was the end of St. Lucia right there. We went back to his house, and played sorry with his brothers for a while; they are the nicest two boys, just like my three brothers. It’s so nice to have such welcoming and great families to stay with; it’s hard enough to come all the way out here for school, it would be even worse if our families were horrid. And then, Miles took manual driving lessons from his host mom!! (: He did pretty well, better than I would ever have done. So hopefully tomorrow we can head to the beach and into the city centre to explore some more; I think he’s ready (: