by Pablo Angulo | Jul 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week Sarah and I shadowed Dr. Bogantes while he tended to consults with patients that suffer from neuromuscular diseases. It was of special interest for us to learn about a type of procedure done in patients with certain types of drug-resistant epilepsy which...
by Pablo Angulo | Jul 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
July is already mid way through and it feels like my time in Costa Rica is running out. This week Sarah and I got to print the first iteration of our Transcranial Doppler Transducer Holder for the TCD helmet, though we already found issues with dimensions and...
by Pablo Angulo | Jul 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week we got to observe a variety of tests and patient consults at HNN. On Monday we accompanied an EEG Tech setup the equipment on a 9 year old patient for a week long study. These prolonged EEG studies are done to find triggers for seizures and where on the...
by Pablo Angulo | Jul 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
So this was a bit of a slower week for me, since I am dealing with catching up on my Japanese course because my teacher took a couple of weeks leave for medical reason (She’s having a baby!); I also had to deal with Rice Apartments, Rice Engineering Masters Program...
by Pablo Angulo | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week Sarah and I went to the Molecular Biology Lab at Clínica Bíblica. We were kindly received by Gabriel the lab technician, who showed us around, explained to us what all the machinery at the lab did and even gave us a crash course on PCR testing! We got to see...
