5-year-old Espin Faber from Algona, Iowa has received a very special gift. Espin got his first bicycle. But it isn’t just any bicycle. Espin was diagnosed with triplegic cerebral palsy when he was 15 months old, a condition often associated with birth defects. The bike that Espin received is called an Amtryke, and is specially designed so that Espin will be able to ride on it safely. The bike was donated to him by the AMBUCS club—which is based in Grapevine, Texas—and is therapeutic and will allow Espin to exercise both his arms and legs. “It will strengthen his legs and give him the strength he needs in order to walk,” his mother Tiffany said. “He will be able to use his bike on trips where there is room to ride. It will allow him to do more things.” This donation makes a huge difference to this young boy and…
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Young Boy With Cerebral Palsy Gets First Bicycle
September 29, 2011Parents Of Lost Son Give Back To Community
September 27, 2011According to LoHud.com, a news site based out of New York’s Hudson Valley, one charitable family puts a lot of thought and care into deciding how to allot their time and resources. Ilana and Glen Meyers head the Slater Jett Myers Foundation, which has contributed more than $500,000 to various programs and charities in the region, mostly those that deal with children who suffered birth trauma injuries and other birth defects. Some of their projects have included a therapeutic gym for children and other equipment to assist with their mobility. The Meyers had an infant son die of a brain injury 11 years ago, Slater Jett Meyers, for which the organization is named. “I look at these organizations with whom we partner, and when I see the children I think this would be m the children I think this would be my son,” says Ilana Meyers. “I ask, ‘What would…
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C-section Results in Fatal Birth Injury
September 22, 2011Doctors all over the world regularly perform cesarean sections every day, usually without any problems due to advances in modern medicine. However, an infant born at Shaktinagar District Hospital in India died last month due to a slip of the doctor’s surgical knife during a C-section. The surgeon cut a one-inch deep gash on the newborn’s head. According to The Times of India, the mother’s family filed a complaint with police, but the doctor states that the electricity went off in the operating room at the time that he made his surgical mistake. The surgeon admits that he did wound the baby with his surgical knife, and he reported following protocol by stitching the wound, administering saline and giving the newborn oxygen. However, the infant died that night. The superintendent of the hospital provides a differing account of the power outage, since he states that the power was never out…
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