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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Savon's story
Savon is a 72 year-old father of two who sustained a traumatic brain injury and crush fractures in his lumbar spine 4.5 months ago. He was sent home from hospital after a craniotomy with a lumbar brace and spent the next 4 months or so in bed, his wife and son having to carry him up and down their 6 stairs as he couldn't walk. He heard about the Prey Veng centre and is starting a rehab stay here - he stood for the first time since his accident yesterday and is doing a great job. We taught his wife how to transfer him safely to and from a wheelchair and hope to get him standing on his own within a few weeks. In physio we are working on strengthening, postural control and a lot of education about rehab and remaining active. (written by K. Kaminsky)
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So now Savon is standing with minimal assistance of one person. He's making amazing progress and we hope that by working on his knee control he'll be standing on his own in a week and a half, maybe 2!
ReplyDeleteWe also just found out that Savon lives near the Vietnamese border (hundreds of ks away) and only heard about the clinic through word of mouth - the rural hospitals don't seem to have any rehab facilities.
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