Chris evaluating a patient's existing prosthesis in Choma to see if it can be repaired.
Rosemary (in the wheelchair) coming to be evaluated.
Waiting outside for evaluation.
Chris and John were set up in the office to see people one at a time for evlauation.
While John, Chris and Protashow were in Choma screening patients, Amanda, Carolin and I were getting casts from Monday's patients ready for pouring with plaster and the clinic more organized and set up.
Melvin came before the bus returned for repairs to his prosthesis. His knee and foot were in need of replacement along with the "sail" cloth portion of his socket, which he had to come back for the following week after it was made.
Melvin was able to do some physical therapy with Amanda, which was terrific. He has always walked without bending his knee much, so it was good for him to do some gait training with Amanda.
Protashow, John and Chris returned on the bus with a lot of patients from Choma!
The older girls from New Day helping with eyeglasses again. We set up a table outside for the eyeglasses, which was helpful.
Chris casting Salia, who has an amputation below the knee.
John with one of his patients.
Protashow working on repairs.
Amanda working with Peggy and her mom. Amanda was able to do therapy sessions with Peggy multiple days in a row and teach her mom how to do the exercises and positioning.
Carolin working on repairs.
Before
After
Casting Rosemary for a below knee prosthesis. Her amputation was this past year.
Cloudy, who we made a prosthesis for last year, getting his prosthesis repaired and new supplies.
Chris casting Christopher, who has a below knee amputation.
John working with his patient.
I always love people's reactions when they look in the mirror!
Carolin working on a prosthetic repair.
Triness got some new socks and an adjustment to her partial foot prosthesis that we made last year. She is doing well and the prosthesis is still in good shape.
Casting Rhoda for a new bent-knee prosthesis. We made her prosthesis in 2016, lengthened it last year and this year she needs a new one since hers is cracked. Rhoda has a clubfoot and is unable to walk on her right leg without a prosthesis. The bent-knee design lets her kneel into the prosthesis with the prosthetic foot positioned under her knee.
Amanda working with her other pediatric patient. She set up a mat on the floor in the storage room to work with both pediatric patients on Tuesday so it was out of the bustle of all the other patients being seen.
Carolin with Alinase after repairing her prosthesis.
We had a similar split up on Tuesday with Chris and I doing castings, Carolin and Protashow working on repairs, and Amanda assisted me some and then had 2 pediatric patients for physical therapy. Total patients for Tuesday were 9 new ocular patients, 3 ocular check ups, 14 prosthetic repairs, 14 new prosthetic castings and 2 orthotic patients. We were pretty exhausted by the end of Tuesday!
After dark, a new patient for John showed up at the orphanage who had traveled from very far away. Blu got a mattress from the guesthouse for him to sleep at one of the staff houses, and John would evaluate him first thing on Wednesday. Since both patient evaluation days were complete, we planned to get started on fabrication of all the prostheses, orthoses and prosthetic eyes on Wednesday.
*Next post- Wednesday, April 25: But wait, there's more...a few more new patients
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