September 4, 2015
9-year-old Emir from Panama loves, “soccer and basketball and, like a lot of young boys, he dreams of making it big as a professional athlete,” shares our medical partner, Floating Doctors (FD).
Emir has a granuloma on his foot, which is a mass of tissue that typically arises in response to an infection or a foreign object in the area.
“Two years ago, Emir noticed a small, pea-sized lump on the sole of his foot,” continues FD. “At first, he didn’t think much of it, but it continued to grow until he had a hard firm mass right under the sole of his foot. It hurts when he walks and he can’t play sports anymore.” The pea-sized lump has grown to a three inch ball below his arch.
This granuloma has prevented Emir from living a full and healthy life. $730 will fund treatment to remove the granuloma from his foot and allow him to continue to play soccer.
9-year-old Emir from Panama loves, “soccer and basketball and, like a lot of young boys, he dreams of making it big as a professional athlet...
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October 5, 2015
Emir underwent surgery to remove the mass on his foot.
“Emir can already run around like all the other kids,” shares our medical partner, Floating Doctors (FD). “He gets a little sore after a while since the surgical scar is still healing but it keeps getting better and better. The mass was completely removed and found to be a benign granuloma, which was good news.”
“With no deformity of his foot, he can now wear shoes, walk and run normally,” continues FD. “Now he has no more worries that his continually enlarging foot mass will cripple him. Soccer awaits.”
“I asked him what he wanted to do now that his foot was fixed, and he said ‘Get some shoes!’,” his doctor at FD continues. “He has been wearing sandals or going barefoot for months and they are supposed to wear shoes at school, so he was getting teased by the other boys about it. He feels great, he says that the surgery wasn’t even that scary (typical Emir) and that his foot feels great. He’s especially excited that he can run again without his foot hurting.”
"Emir can already run around like all the other kids," shares our medical partner, Floating Doctors (FD). "He gets a little sore after a whi...
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