Conversations on El Camino

I reached the end of the day at the clinic broken-hearted. Today I met Benita. She is in her 30s – like me – and has been dealing with severe abdominal pains for many months, progressing to complete loss of sensation and function of her left lower leg. The physiatrist suspects uterine cancer with metastasis…

Mi mente está llena. My mind is full! Between trying to understand Spanish in various accents and speeds, to failing miserably in my attempts to speak en Español, and new sights, sounds, and faces, I'm happily exhausted. The morning started at Avelar Café for breakfast and review of the week's plans, then being shuttled by…

Twenty months ago, I was employed as a travel physical therapist covering a medical leave at a hospital-based outpatient clinic in northern Wisconsin, blissfully unaware of a virulent contagion that was about to turn the world upside-down – including my plans to travel to Honduras in May 2020. This trip was funded and arranged as…