COS Medical

Before we officially close our service as volunteers, we have to go through a semi-rigorous series of medical checkups.  So Monday night, I stayed at a hostel in Esteli and watched the blackhawks while eating cheese, salami and bread (yum)!  Then, bright and early I traveled to Managua to meet with one of the Peace Corps doctors.  He administered a TB test (negative, yay) and then sent me to the laboratory.  I won’t delve into all of the fun tests they did but I will say they were quite thorough.  The good news is, everything went well and I’m as healthy as a gringo living in the developing world can be!  I also took a trip to the dentist for a cleaning and x-rays.  Some of you have asked, “Pedro, what’s going to the dentist like in Nicaragua?”  Now I don’t want to say water-boarding because I feel that is a hyperbolic exaggeration so I’m going to have to go with “mini-water-boarding”.  Seriously though, multiple times they had to wipe down my face with paper towels because there was so much backsplash.  But again, nothing but good news – no cavities

And it wasn’t just all poking and prodding for 3 days.  I also had time to see Fast & Furious 6 and eat Subway, Pizza Hut and BurgerKing.  All in all, I’d say COS medical was a great success.