Today we went to the clinic and watched walk-in consulationtions. The doctor is very detached, maybe you have to be. Lots of people came in, non of them had leprosy. One woman saw us, and so she spoked English to the doctor, it was sweet.
After the visits we went to the physical therapist who showed us how he checks sensory. And some of the treatments, we got to cast a man’s fingures and see lots of the symptoms and side effects. After that our clinic time was over. We arranged to go back after lunch and buy baskets and candles and take picturesin the wards. We got back and no one was there to take us. Lauren accidentally drank water that belonged to a man with leprosy. We found some people who spoke some English to take us around, we bought the baskets and paid them a little extra for them, we knew that it was going directly to the patents. We later found out that everyone who works there (aside from the doctors) are people who had leprosy but are cured. After our last time around the wards, we played with the girls until Austin came. We all wanted to stay longer, it was really hard to say goodbye to them. They carried our bags and gave us hugs.
We headed back and got read to get on the overnight train to cochi. The train was miserable and cramped and long. We got in at about 4am Friday morning.
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