Learning How to Give Eye Exams

Because I haven't been feeling great all I have been served today is 8 bananas and bread! I did 4 hours of Spanish but because I wasn't feeling well they were the slowest 4 hours of all time and halfway through I asked if we could play games with another group so I didn't have to talk for 2 more hours. After this Whitney, Gabby, and I decided we did not want to eat our home stay lunch (more bananas and bread) we went to a restaurant for food! It was a nice break and I got to finally order something I wanted to eat, vegetables!

After lunch we were split into our groups for an ice breaker where we had 30 minutes to make up a dance. My group had a song titled "The Cow" and successfully choreographed a pretty impressive dance for how short of a time we had. It was a competition for money for the cause of our choice and we won with a unanimous vote! To see our dance visit Facebook even though I am quite embarrassed that it is so public.

The start to our winning dance...The Cow

After this ice breaker we learned how to give the eye exams that we are going to be giving this Saturday. There were many demonstrations with different circumstances that we are going to face. When people get old their eyes suffer from Presbyopia. Normally, it is really easy to be tested and the treatment is just to get reading glasses. Where we are going to be going the people don't have access to people that can test their vision and prescribe them with the right magnification of reading glasses. We can test people for free! and correctly prescribe them with a pair of glasses at a really great price. Also, it is really common for people to have limited vision because of the damage they have accumulated through cooking on the ground in their kitchen and living in smoke, through extended exposure to UV light with no protection, and through the contamination in the air. By purchasing a pair of protectant glasses and eye drops the person can reduce the inflammation in their eyes and protect themselves from further damaging their eyes. After training today we can tell if their eyes have been damaged and give them the opportunity they didn't have previously to buy these protective glasses. Other problems people face like long distance vision problems or people with cataracts we cannot treat but we can refer them to doctors who we know will give them a subsidized price and are very reliable.

We practiced giving eye exams to each other in Spanish which was quite difficult for me to do! Hopefully with more practice come Saturday I can successfully give an eye exam! I thought learning about this was so interesting

I returned to my home and watched No Strings Attached with Daneysa in my bed. To my surprise, our mom brought us dinner(bread and bananas for me) in bed so we could continue to watch. I am hoping I have a good night sleep because if not I will have to visit the doctor tomorrow. Hoping I am cured and this was just a 48 hour bug!