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Having lived on a microwave and a fridge for many years, the phunt's sucker lost its form and its suction; reconstruction with a new sucker involved excising the old, finding an entirely unexpected elephantine butt plug in its anal cavity, and glueing the new sucker on.
Originally set up to treat Iraqi civilian victims of violence, this MSF project has expanded to include patients from Yemen, Syria and other countries who cannot get suitable treatment at home.
The left hand bulge on Malik's stomach is a tissue expander: a plastic ball that stretches his skin so that it can be harvested to repair his wounds on other parts of his body. Just one of the advanced techniques used by the orthopoedic and plastic surgeons. The project is the subject of a forthcoming Newsnight, BBC2 report by Caroline Hawley, produced by Vara Szajkowski which I filmed and edited
Sara Anderson, ReSurge International, Chief Communications Officer
After nearly 36 hours of travel, Lori Bush, Darcy Padilla and I arrived in Kathmandu. Lori serves on our board of directors and is the president of Rodan + Fields Dermatologists, with past top leadership positions with Johnson & Johnson, Nu Skin and many others. Darcy Padilla is a San Francisco-based documentary photographer, formerly of The New York Time and winner of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, the Soros Open Society Institute Individual Fellowship and most recently the W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Life Magazine, Harpers Bazaar and Graphis. ReSurge International is thankful to them for donating their time, expertise and talents for this journey.
Photo: Darcy Padilla, Sara Anderson, Lori Bush and Buddha at the Monkey Temple in Kathmandu.
The therapists are all resourceful people and though limited in materials available, I know the new ideas and techniques I've been able to share will be used and adapted to the care of the children they serve.
Having lived on a microwave and a fridge for many years, the phunt's sucker lost its form and its suction; reconstruction with a new sucker involved excising the old, finding an entirely unexpected elephantine butt plug in its anal cavity, and glueing the new sucker on.
This little cutie has a bilateral cleft lip, and a cool hat. He was one of the first patients we saw today, and easily found room on the schedule for him.
Photo by Phil Borges.
Iresha used to make her living as a model, until she became a victim of an acid burn. With her modeling career no longer tenable, Iresha is now trying to open up a salon, so she can help make others beautiful.
Jeanette and Maja are the two translators/coordinators of the Interplast team in Nicaragua. Besides all the paperwork like registering patients and keeping their charts updated and ready for surgery, they are busy taking the patients to the operating room on time, consoling moms and dads waiting in the holding area and helping out with translation in the recovery room.
One of the best parts of the translator/coordinator job is entertaining both kids and parents after surgery with coloring books, candy and by taking Polaroid pictures.
Look how excited Grandma is! Her grandaughter had just had surgery, and we showed her a copy of the story about us on page three of the local newspaper, Chongqing Shubei. Her granddaughter was very shy and self-conscious about her appearance, so she didn't want her picture taken. As you can tell, her grandma didn't share her demure nature.
Uploading pictures in a smoky Chinese internet cafe at 1:21 AM on a Friday night isn't the most fun thing in the world, and one would think I wouldn't post three pictures of the same person. But I just can't get enough of grandma. She's just beaming!
When we bring parents/grandparents into the recovery room, they are usually quiet and uncomfotrable due to all the strange machines and they're groggy post-op kid. But not Grandma here. She was all smiles and laughter and hugs. She kept thanking us and bouncing around, and was really a blast to be around.
The hospital director (third from left) is showing Dr. Fred Mihm, our head anesthesiologist, the equipment.
After our welcome meeting, the hospital director took us on a tour of the hospital. It is brand new, and squeaky clean. Working in the Interplast office I tend to hear war-stories of "colorful" hospital conditions, so I was unprepared for such a shiny new facility. One of the operating rooms and both of the clinic rooms had never been used before. Everything looks very modern, and I have seen plenty of hospitals in the United States that are much worse than this one.
Andi lives on the Ignenio San Antonio in Nicaragua. When he was one, he was pushed into a hole filled with burning garbage, leaving him with a contracted right foot and several scars. In the past, he had difficulty walking, but thanks to Interplast surgeons, he can run with his friends
Internet access is really spotty here in Chongqing, so I have not been able to get anything up on the blog for two days now. To make a very long story short, internet access in the hotel is tempermental and has been down for two days now. The blogging platform (typepad) and some of the ASPs (videoegg) I need to upload information within a reasonable time frame are being blocked, so my hands are tied. I had already uploaded this picture to the photo sharing ASP (flickr) when everything went haywire, so I can login here but I can't upload anything temporarily.
I have so much to say and so many videos to show and stories to tell, but I will just have to wait until the internet picture clears up a bit.
Everything is going great with the team, and I hope to have a lot of pictures and videos up in the next day or two. Please keep checking, or simply subscribe to the RSS feed (to learn how to do this, just type in "RSS Aggregator" into Google and go from there) to see the torrent of stories that will be up once I get everything ironed out.
Tree mural. This was so fun I think I'll do it to my new place (whenever I get it).
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One of our favorites is cute 1-year-old Dilan. He was born with a drooping left eyelid and his mom tells us she is so excited to see him after surgery (us too!!). Our head nurse Ruth is shown here just about to take him into the operating room.
Here is Grandma with a copy of our story in Chongqing Shubei. I don't know if you can see it, but the picture on the page is of our surgeons examining her granddaughter on clinic day.
And others are seen in outpatient clinic. This is Nhung, 5-year-old girl who sustained a chemical alcohol burn. She is one whom I met and worked with.
This is Ryan, one of our three anesthesiologists. It is his first Interplast trip and he is excited about all the new impressions and experiences he has gained. Ryan says it is very motivating to work here as people seem to very much appreciate what we are doing. In the picture, Ryan is just about to take 4-month-old Yeris for a cleft lip surgery to the operating room.
Followup photo 2 years after complete revision of prior bilateral cleft lip and nose repair at the Cleft Lip and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Learn more about cleft lip repair by visiting www.stlouischildrens.org/our-services/cleft-palate-and-cr....
Its only been a few days since 8- year old Eliezer got a new hair cut. Before, he had worn it all the way down to the waist to hide his deformed left ear. Still, kids in the neighborhood made fun of him and called him names. However, now he knows things will change, after this and a few other surgeries he can show off his two ears.
This is My Linh with her adoptive mother after surgery, her cleft lip repaired. She is just coming out of general anesthesia and is a little tired and grumpy. Her mother charmed us with her appreciative smiles and moved us with love she showed for
My Linh.
Yen Is affected in both arms and legs. In working with her therapist, I addressed the need for better positioning with making splints, appropriate stretches...
Kishori Sah is reunited with his daughter after a successful reconstructive surgery operation.
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Yen Nhi is a 1-month old girl born with arthrogryposis a condition from before birth where tightness develops in the joints.
Quang Ngai, Vietnam-Nicole Friedland, Interplast Staff. Photo by John Urban.
Here's a picture of the incredible volunteers who made all this work possible. These individuals give up two weeks of their lives, work under exhausting circumstances and often give up pay at home to be in Vietnam. They have operated on about 80 patients and dramatically changed hundreds of lives. The tears of gratitude from patients really have said it all. What a team!
Splinting and understanding proper positioning are important in prevention of many deformities whether from burns or congenital problems. A splint was made for Khoa (9-month boy)who was born with clasp thumb (weak muscle). The splint will keep his thumb extended out until hopefully over time, he will be able to do it himself. His mother is taught about the condition and care for her child with splinting, exercises and play.
Having lived on a microwave and a fridge for many years, the phunt's sucker lost its form and its suction; reconstruction with a new sucker involved excising the old, finding an entirely unexpected elephantine butt plug in its anal cavity, and glueing the new sucker on.
There are altogether eleven Interplast team members here at the Ingenio San Antonio these days and by and by, we will introduce all of them to you. The first to be presented is one of our anesthesiologists and our team leader, Mark, who has been on more than 15 Interplast trips throughout the past 20 years. He considers this place – especially the organization, setting and team work – unusual and unique in relation to any other site he has been to with Interplast. The site provides an extremely high level of sophisticated medical care and reconstructive surgery besides a highly organized team working with Interplast. “The partnership with APROQUEN and Ingenio San Antonio” says Mark “has been a success for Interplast. They have basically achieved their goals at this site.” In future, visiting educators might be sufficient to visit the Ingenio as the team there together with APRQUEN can very well function by itself.
Our first two patients for cleft lip surgery this morning are most adorable Ana and Saida, 7 and 5 years old, respectively. Ana will have her fourth operation while it is the third for Saida. Still, both are by no means afraid of the approximately two hours surgery lying ahead of them. While Ana tells us “voy a dormir muy rico” (I am gonna take a nice nap), Saida is already looking forward to having “carne y pollo” (meat and chicken) for lunch later that day.