ReSurge International
Trombone Player
The last day of a surgical trip the team is busy packing so we only do a few short cases that can be done under local anesthetic and therefore do not have as involved a recovery process. So we tend to do older patients who can make do without general anesthesia.
Pedro is 29 years old, and his cleft lip repair was one of the last procedures done by Interplast on this surgical trip to Piura, Peru. Everyone in his family is a musician, and he is in music school to learn how to better play the trombone, as his dream is to play in the Piura symphony orchestra. His favorite composers are Mozart, Beethoven and Vivaldi. He used to play the drums as a child because it was an instrument that did not require anything of his mouth. But he has always loved the trombone, and three years ago decided that he was not going to let his cleft lip get in his way. He is a promising student, but his skills have plateaued because the trombone mouthpiece was not designed for a mouth with a cleft lip. His teachers told him about Interplast, so he came here and got his lip repaired.
Pedro believes that he can inspire people through his music. He wants to touch people, and the trombone really speaks to him. Hopefully, he will be able to touch more lives now with his repaired cleft lip.
Trombone Player
The last day of a surgical trip the team is busy packing so we only do a few short cases that can be done under local anesthetic and therefore do not have as involved a recovery process. So we tend to do older patients who can make do without general anesthesia.
Pedro is 29 years old, and his cleft lip repair was one of the last procedures done by Interplast on this surgical trip to Piura, Peru. Everyone in his family is a musician, and he is in music school to learn how to better play the trombone, as his dream is to play in the Piura symphony orchestra. His favorite composers are Mozart, Beethoven and Vivaldi. He used to play the drums as a child because it was an instrument that did not require anything of his mouth. But he has always loved the trombone, and three years ago decided that he was not going to let his cleft lip get in his way. He is a promising student, but his skills have plateaued because the trombone mouthpiece was not designed for a mouth with a cleft lip. His teachers told him about Interplast, so he came here and got his lip repaired.
Pedro believes that he can inspire people through his music. He wants to touch people, and the trombone really speaks to him. Hopefully, he will be able to touch more lives now with his repaired cleft lip.