 MJA_ROMP_20091017_9782 | Day 1: Co-founder David Krupa, an amputee himself since the age of two, addresses that week's patients on the first morning of the trip.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091017_0636 | Since the accident, he has relied on his parents for everything. Here, Rotter and Neufeld are casting Cesar for eventual bi-lateral arm prostheses.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091019_3162 | This arm has come in for a cleaning ...
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 MJA_ROMP_20091019_2944 | __ year old ____ waits for Neufeld to correct a measurement on his ____ ...
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 MJA_ROMP_20091017_0129 | Over the first few days, patients are casted for their new prostheses.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091018_1819 | As two day's worth of casting begin to pile up, orthotist Joseph Krizinauskas (center) and technician Luis Antonio (right) work with Krupa to _____ the plaster casts.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091021_7746 | Day 5: ______ tries on a new hip prosthesis.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091018_1381-Edit-2 | while Krupa and Neufeld start to see patients in the clinics two examing rooms.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091020_6509 | A team of volunteer orthotic surgeons and nurses are working in parallel with ROMP at the ______. _______ is one of two amputations that they performed during the trip.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091020_7518 | The operation went smoothly ...
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 MJA_ROMP_20091021_8004 | ___ was riding on the back of a friend's flat bed truck when it drove too close to a parked car. Both of his legs were severed above the knee. As he gradually learns to balance on these temporary prostheses, ____ will be able to use longer and longer components, eventually adding knee joints and reaching his full height.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091017_0517-2 | A few particularly challenging cases presented themselves. Here, co-founder Eric Neufeld and volunteer prosthetist David Rotter cast __ year old ________ for two prostheses, a ________ and a blank _____, both caused by an enduring fight with _____ cancer.
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 MJA_ROMP_20091022_0483 | His father donated his shoes for the prosthetic feet.
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