Over the past week I have been able to work with paralyzed children in their recovery to overcome paralysis. I have been helping therapists and doctors work with patients, and also I have been able to play games with the children in recovery to distract them from the process. For example, this week I set up a scavenger hunt for a patient. We also painted with shaving cream and had a tea party.
By now in my internship, I am becoming very familiar with terms, procedures, and requirements of rehab involving paralyzed patients. It is a very rewarding feeling to help these children, and I am looking forward to the remaining two weeks of my internship.
This weekend, I drove down to Mammoth Caves National Park in rural Kentucky. Mammoth Caves is the largest underground cave network ever discovered.
The entrance to Mammoth Caves, it was too dark to take a good picture inside
On the way, I stopped at a small town which had an old general store, a few restaurants, and not much else. It was a very back woods, small, southern village. I ate lunch at a roadside cookout, and then proceeded to the Mammoth Caves. The total drive was about two hours from Louisville.
The general store near the side of the road in the middle of the country
The caves were super cool. Afterwards I went on a long hike along the Green River, through a dense forest. It was very beautiful and great to get out of the city for a day.
A picture of the Green River, which I hiked along for about 1 hour
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