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La Balandra Rotary Clinic in La Paz

boe4fun - 10-2-2012 at 10:24 AM

The La Balandra Rotary Club of La Paz will hold the 2012 fall clinic at the complex for Special Education on the corner of Heroes del
47 and Valentin Gomez Farias, across from Kiki Burger. This clinic marks our 8 1/2 year of semi annual clinics which provide artificial limbs and orthopedic braces at no cost to the people of Mexico. The clinic will run from Nov. 4th through the 15th, and visitors are always welcome. Donations can be made to:

San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church (SRVUMC)
Limb Restoration Fund
902 Danville Blvd.
Alamo, CA. 94507
tax ID# 94-1562109

100% of donations go directly to the purchase of parts and supplies for the clinic, there are no administrative or other hidden fees. The church will provide a receipt for tax purposes.

David K - 10-2-2012 at 11:06 AM

Paul, anything new on Coco or is there nothing more that can be done to replace his legs? He was seemingly cheerful last July... just asking for a motorcycle battery so he could use his quad for mobility.

boe4fun - 10-3-2012 at 05:45 PM

David, Coco's been walking on his knees so long that he's developed bilateral knee flexion contractures. Also because he sits most of the time he also has bilateral hip flexion contractures. I've tried to get him to get down to La Paz to see our contact down there, Dr. Alejandro Aguirre Chavez (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation). Because of his current condition he would require a lot of Physical Therapy to reduce all of these contractures before he would be a good candidate for prostheses.