Thursday, May 6, 2021

4th and last clinic day in Selawik

Our team!  Shelby and Hannah between Gloria and me.

Another good day.  The staff has been great getting patients in to see us.  We stayed busy all day from 9-6,  No real surprises.  Routine extractions, fillings and cleanings.  When Gloria did ask a couple of kids if they brush their teeth every day and they respond no, she asks them why not.  They will say they don't want to, and leave it at that.  If asked if they drink soda every day, they nod yes, and when we tell them not to, they look at us, like, 'right'.

So, a little tour of Selawik.  Temperatures in the 30's now, the ice and snow are melting.  Spring is swampy, summer is buggy, fall comes early and winter is long, hard and dark. 

The medical/dental clinic

Another 'vehicle' waiting for the spring thaw


At the airport

One of the three rivers that bisect Selawik

Another sewer system view

One of the many boardwalks that stitch the community together

We fly back to Kotzebue tomorrow for debriefing and home on Saturday.


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