Peru Has Soooo Many Holidays

Yesterday was an international holiday that is celebrated any many countries throughout the world. It was the feast of St Peter and St Paul which is a huge feast in honor of their martyrdom. Because of this alot of city took off work and celebrated. In the morning we were woken up by 4 cannon fires that reoccurred throughout the day. We had the option to take the day off but were also given the option to go do checkups at a hospital with 200 beds which sounded like an incredible opportunity. unfortionately not enough volunteers showed up so we were unable to work, so instead, we went and visited the boy that we thought had hep b or leukemia. The hospital we went to was Public and was very old. The paint was chipping off the exterior of the buildings and cracks ran up and down the walls. It was really sad to see that the government isn't putting any money into healthcare. When we walked into the pediatric ward, the building didnt even have heating so they had small heaters that the patients had to share. The boy we were visiting in was in intensive care along with two other children, one with arthritis and one with a syndrome that causes temporary full body paralysis. After looking at his history, we found that he was in fact anemic, but he had been given a blood transfusion so he was looking a lot better. unfortionately they found cancerous cells in his body that were potentially causing his anemic state. We brought him a little teddy bear and I think it really meant the world to his mother that we visited. After our visit, The doctor we work with took us around to see all the patients and had us try and guess a diagnosis for the patients. We failed. The only one that our group diagnosed correctly was pneumonia, but we had the xray so we kind of cheated. After our visit to the hospital we went and sat in the plaza de armas for a while. The weather was incredible and it was nice to just sit down and enjoy the day. That night we went out to dinner with the doctor we have been working with ince it was our last day with her. She took us to a very nice restaurant that was extremely cheap!  afterwards we went out and played darts which was fun as always. Today we plan on playing a game of soccer with our host family and their church. Only problem is the field is at 12,000 feet. WE ARE GOING TO DIE. Im scared but itll be fun!