Tuesday was similar to our first clinic day. Hot and humid with over 100 patients. About 20 patients are scheduled each hour so the queues for fillings, extractions, sealants and cleanings ebb and flow on the hour. If one group of providers is ahead of the others, we internally refer to get most of the patients seen before the next 20 show up. Teamwork!
Meeting lots of new friends. Two standouts. Amy is managing our 'out-take'. She checks all of our paperwork after treatment, passes out toys, antibiotics or Ibuprofen depending on the need and tracks and collates all of our treatment. She is precise, punctual and articulate, (and always calls me 'sir'). Found out she is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel! She has kicked ass all her career and she gets it done here in Grenada. Thank you LTC Amy!
My assistant today is the 22-year-old son of a Canadian dentist. Mom, dad and Gabe are part of the team. Dad is an 'escort' of patients through our treatment maze, Gabe let me know Monday he has assisted his mom and asked if he could assist me. Sure. Actually, he is excellent. Very intuitive and great to work with. At dinner last night, dad told us that Gabe is a skater, really? Check it out!
You can check him out at Gabe Clemente! Very cool!
Back to patients. This gal needed a front filling and didn't want to watch me do "anything". Easy solution.
Finally, we watched cricket at lunch today. Our Canadian friends tried to explain it to us. Didn't help.
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