Exciting things are happening in the continued development of the pediatric physical therapy gym!!
-Air conditioning is installed
-1,000 pounds of equipment will be arriving in about a month
-3 new kids have been added to the program since my last trip in January
-There will be 2 additional team members on the next trip. The first is an orthotist who will be using old braces and, with his equipment, adapting them to make them custom fit for the children. These braces typically fit 8 months to a year so this will be a great project with a lasting impact. There will also be an occupational therapist who owns his own pediatric clinic. He will be helping with setting up all the equipment and consulting on different ways to make it run efficiently and serve the kids in the most effective way!
Once the equipment arrives in the DR (it is leaving from a port in philadelphia and will be on the water for 2 weeks, then in customs for 2-4 weeks) our team will go.
-3 new kids have been added to the program since my last trip in January
-There will be 2 additional team members on the next trip. The first is an orthotist who will be using old braces and, with his equipment, adapting them to make them custom fit for the children. These braces typically fit 8 months to a year so this will be a great project with a lasting impact. There will also be an occupational therapist who owns his own pediatric clinic. He will be helping with setting up all the equipment and consulting on different ways to make it run efficiently and serve the kids in the most effective way!
Once the equipment arrives in the DR (it is leaving from a port in philadelphia and will be on the water for 2 weeks, then in customs for 2-4 weeks) our team will go.
Wow! What a change since January!!
ReplyDeleteI'll be in Cielo next week w/ Winston-Salem youth - First Baptist Branch. Heading out this morning for a few more supplies and will pick up the Baby Einstein Take-Along Tunes.
Denise B.
i want to come!!! we have davis's suresteps that he has outgrown- i would love to get them to you to be refitted. we also have some baby items that we could part with... let me know -molly
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