ABC Clinics

Future Pharmacists of Guatemala

Our helpers in the pill counting department (they did wash their hands first!)

Our clinics the last two days have included checkup visits for our ABC kids in Paxot II and Mactuzul V. It's fun to have these families come in together and to see how much everyone has grown in the last 6 months. Some are doing very well while others are definitely eating too many chips and cookies. The biggest complaint from parents is "he/she won't eat". But when you ask if they eat snacks from the corner store they say, "sure, all the time!" That's when we get to put on our nutritionist/family counselor hat and give advice on basic discipline and child rearing (yeah, yeah, I know we don't have kids, but some things should just be common sense!). I told several boys today that if they didn't start eating better they might not grow and they would look like dwarfs compared to their wives. That got a good laugh from them.

We left Kemmel at the office going over pharmacy reports and orders for the new year, and boy did the kids miss him. Almost every one of them asked where hermano Kemmel was. Everybody loves Kemmel! It's good to be missed.