I went with Dr. Canario to a patient's home today to bring the patient back to the clinic for a prothesis fitting. This patient had been fitted a year ago and did not have a way to get to the clinic for his new leg so we drove about 20-25 minutes to get him. It was neat to see him quickly searching around his home for TWO shoes to bring for his return trip.
I don't know how long this man has been an amputee but I can't tell you how I felt watching him WALK circles around the clinic room with his new thigh-high prothesis. I thought about how he has been waiting for a YEAR for this leg and didn't even have a way to pick it up and how Dr. Canario spoke so kindly to him the entire way back to the clinic. I wonder if he knew when he threw his crutches in the back of our truck that he wasn't going to need them anymore. I hugged and kissed his wife when we left for the clinic. I wonder if they will just stare at that new leg all night tonight and invite all the neighbors over to see it.
I wish I had a picture to post here of him. I've been fairly awful about taking pictures this time around but it is cemented in my mind- the jubilance on his face. Oh man- weren't we created to share in days like these?
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