“I want to walk again without pain,” says eight-year-old Noy, a third grade student from Cambodia who enjoys studying Khmer and English and wants to be a teacher when she grows up.
“When Noy was six, she received an injection in her leg that was poorly administered,” our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), tells us. “Her left leg is stiff and immobile because of the vaccination received.”
Noy needs a treatment known as quadriceplasty, a surgical technique in which doctors release adhesions and contractures in the thigh muscles (quadriceps) to make it easier to bend the knee. CSC reports, “After a left leg quadriceplasty, Noy’s leg will be able to regain function, and she will be able to walk normally and without pain.”
$378 will fund surgery for Noy, as well as two weeks of hospital care, five days of post-operative care (including physiotherapy), and four follow-up appointments during the first year after surgery.
Noy looks forward to walking normally again, and playing with her toys and friends.