I cannot believe it has already been a
month since my last blue trip. The time flies too quickly. Blue trip is where
one physio, speech therapist and occupational therapist drive out to Fitzroy
Crossing and spend the week visiting the surrounding aboriginal communities. I
found it quite tough and frustrating last time as I’m sure you have read so I
was determined for this trip to be more successful. And it was. Of course the frustrations haven’t changed and
the patients haven’t really changed (unfortunately) but I was better mentally
equipped. I feel like there is a lot that needs to be improved and changed but
it’s very difficult to execute these ideas. I feel I would be somewhat more
useful and in a way more motivated to start these projects if I was to stay in
this job for quite some time. But it’s only a few months and I will be finding
my feet just as it is time to leave. This is not an easy thing to accept for me
and it is another contributing frustration but we can only do what we can do.
I not only see adults at the community clinics
but we see children usually at school. It is encouraging to see that many of
the teachers are enthusiastic about doing what they can to help the kids and
this is so important because we are only there once a month. Often it is hard
to get the parents actively involved because the children can have so many
different people looking after them- one day it may be the mother, then the
grandma, then the aunty (or someone they call aunty but whom actually isn’t
related…).
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