Pictured: Anis celebrates his 13th birthday with District 9705 Chair Debbie Whitfield (left) and Regional Chair Sandra Goldstraw.
Anis’ sister, Melanie, is three years old. The siblings arrived with their mother Liza and support carer and interpreter George, who is their uncle.
The family will need to be in Canberra for around 12 weeks, staying with ROMAC Regional Chair Sandra Goldstraw and her husband Brian with support from ROMAC District 9705 Chair Debbie Whitfield.
Both children have bilateral talipes where their feet are twisted and turned backwards.
They are being treated at Canberra Hospital by paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Dr Blaise Wardle and physio manager Melanie Ryan.
Following x-rays and assessment, the children have had both their legs encased in full-length plaster.
Their treatment calls for six weeks of manipulation and stretching of muscles, plaster twice-weekly initially, then weekly, followed by surgery and observation to ensure there are no complications.
Anis and Melanie are the 30th and 31st children to be assisted by ROMAC in Canberra.
Mothers of patients from two different countries met recently as one headed home through Brisbane Airport following treatment.
After five weeks in Sydney, we recently said goodbye to Vanessa and her dad Ino as they began their journey home to Timor-Leste.
Brenden, aged 12, is recovering at Auckland’s Starship Children’s Hospital from successful heart surgery to repair damage caused by rheumatic fever.
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