Landon applied and got selected along with 5 other students to go with some professors to the Dominican Republic on a Medical Mission for 6 days.
It was such a neat experience for him. They stayed busy doing health assessments, passing out tooth brushes, toys and medications. They saw a thousand people in 2 days.
- One older lady who had been deaf for 10 years came to Landon with fevers. He looked in her ears and scooped out wax/debri/sand and this lady could hear again.
- Another lady came to him with headaches and her eye had been hurting and couldn't see out of it. They looked deep into her eye and noticed a big tumor behind it. Unfortunately there was nothing they could do.
- A baby sat on Landon's lap that had a parasite but Landon had to inform them that the last antiviral had just been given out.
- Another lady came to Landon who had been passing out and feeling a heavy chest. He listened to her heart and guessed that it was a Mitral Valve prolapse so he called over a professor and sure enough he was right.
With all that hard work and many medications passed out Landon felt like he didn't leave a permanent solution for these people in the Dom. Republic. He is now planning to go back next year with a few goals in mind: 1- To team up with Rockhurst University (where he is earning his MBA through) to advance their hospital administration practices. 2- that they can drill some wells so these people have clean water and don't continue to get parasites. 3- provide education and vaccinations.
The Kansas City Royals have a training camp down there where Landon was able to get back to his roots as an athletic trainer and do some sports physicals. After doing a thorough work-up on each athlete, he was able to go out and play on their practice field!
After all their hard work he was able to get out in the ocean water and have a little fun.
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