January 27, 2016
Ramila is a two-year-old girl from Nepal who recently started kindergarten. “She likes sharing the stories she learned in school at home,” our medical partner, Possible, shares. “Her favorite game is gatta, played by balancing five stones on one’s hand.”
“She was returning from school when she slipped and fractured her right elbow,” explains Possible. “She has been in a lot of pain and it has considerably swollen too.” Her broken elbow has understandably made it difficult to live her normal life and keep up with school.
Ramila’s family brought her to the hospital, but are unable to afford the proper care that Ramila needs. “Ramila is so young, she’s just started school. I worry what will happen if her elbow is not fixed,” says her mother.
$579 will allow Ramila to undergo open reduction and internal fixation surgery. In this procedure, surgeons place the bones in the correct position and fix them in place with metal pins. Ramila’s elbow will then be placed in a cast so the bones can heal properly, and after four to six weeks, the cast will be removed and Ramila will begin to recover use of her arm and get back to being a normal kindergartener.
Ramila is a two-year-old girl from Nepal who recently started kindergarten. “She likes sharing the stories she learned in school at home," o...
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March 14, 2016
Ramila received treatment for her broken elbow.
Two-year-old Ramila, who recently began kindergarten, fell and fractured her right elbow on the way home from school one day. She has successfully undergone an open reduction and internal fixation operation and is now healing. Soon she will be able to return to kindergarten.
Our medical partner, Possible, reports: “Ramila’s fractured bones were aligned correctly and secured. Post-surgery, Ramila will experience some pain, but it will be under control with medication. Ramila will be on bed rest for at least two weeks and will have to do physiotherapy exercises to regain mobility. Within two months she will regain most of her mobility back.”
Ramila’s mother adds, “As a parent it’s very difficult to see your child go through so much pain. But now that it’s all over and she has received her treatment, I feel like a heavy weight has been lifted off me.”
Two-year-old Ramila, who recently began kindergarten, fell and fractured her right elbow on the way home from school one day. She has succes...
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