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| Dr.
Francisco Valencia, Chief of Orthopedics at the Clinic | |
He is assisted by Dr. Daniel Switlick, an orthopedics resident. Both are on staff at University Medical Center. |
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| Physical
therapist, Jill Martindale & Maria Milagros | |
 | Mar�a Milagros, is 5 years old but is like an 8-month-old baby developmentally. She has hydrocephaly and problems with vision. Here she is sitting in a special corner chair that allows her to be upright and play with children's toys. Physical therapist, Jill Martindale, works with her at the Crippled Children's Clinic. Mar�a lives in Dooape, Mexico. |
| Shara
Alejandra Alcantar Lopez | |
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She comes to the Crippled Children's Clinic to have her hearing aids checked. |
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| Cesar
Issac Cazárena Mata | |
| Cesar is age 10, has diastrophic dysplasia, a form of dwarfism. His feet were turned almost upside down, and his big toes stuck out much like a hitchhiker's thumb. Walking was very painful, and wearing shoes was impossible. Cesar lives in Jalisco, south of Mexico City. It takes 32 hours for him and his father to reach the Crippled Children's Clinic. Cesar was the first patient flown out of Mexico, instead of Arizona, to the Spokane Shriners Hospital. There, doctors operated on his feet so he can now wear shoes and braces and walk with a walker. Dr. Glen Baird of Spokane Shriners Hospital knows him fairly well from his stay there and says that Cesar is very smart and polite. | |
 Cesar in the Clinic Orthotics Department |
 Cesar waiting in the parish hall/reception area |
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 Cesar & His Father |
| Mariá
Fernando Mendoza | |
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Mariá is 8 months old and has Down's Syndrome. The Clinic volunteer nutritionists help children like Maria to learn to like food and to use their tongues more. The nutritionists show parents how to get their children to eat. |
| Jesusita
and Dr. Ted Glattke | |
| Jesusita Apodoca Suarez is 10 years old and is from Huadabampo, Sonora. She has bilateral profound hearing loss. She cannot hear without her Clinic-provided hearing aids. St. Andrew's Volunteers, Dr. Ted Glattke, Dani Baker, and Ivonne Hernandez, in the Crippled Children's Clinic Audiology Department assessed her hearing loss and fit her with hearing aids. Now, she comes in for checking and cleaning of the hearing aids. | |
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| Andy
Figuero | |
| Andy Figuero is one year old. She has severe burns on her arms. She is scheduled to go to the Shriners Sacramento Burn Center for Surgery in the near future. | |
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| Nohella
and her Mother | |
| Nohella Basurto is 5 years old. She came to the Crippled Children's Clinic presenting severe delays in motor skills and scoliosis. She doesn't walk. She is going to the Spokane Shriners Hospital in the fall for surgery on her lower back. | |
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