by Alexandra | Aug 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hola y bienvenido a mis pensamientos finales sobre mi verano en Costa Rica. Este verano fue un experiencia increíble en muchas maneras como mi tiempo en el hospital y durante los fines de semana alrededor el país. Entonces… Well I won’t do the entire entry...
by Alexandra | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! This week was another work from home week. I put the final touches on my presentation, so now it’s all about practicing for our Final Presentation, which is this Thursday! It’s crazy how close we are to the end. However, I did go into Ninos...
by Alexandra | Jul 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! While this week wasn’t spent at Ninos, we still saw Dr. Bogantes as we had two days of cadaver lab. Was it an interesting experience? Yes. Did it also freak me out a bit? Also yes. I’m glad that I got to have the experience and see that side...
by Alexandra | Jul 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! This past week at Ninos was spent seeing more of the admitted patients and doing consultations. We are getting good at picking up on the little details of the patients and I’d say our collective Spanish has improved massively. Additionally, this...
by Alexandra | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! This week, we got to see more admitted patients with Dr. Bogantes. One of the cases that sticks out to me was a little boy in the continuous monitoring unit. He has a severe case of epilepsy that requires him to be monitored with an EEG machines 24/7. It...