On the 4th day of Stand Tall Christmas

We share the story of The Clinic aka The day we saw 48 kids in 6 hours

Last year Stand Tall hosted their first ever spinal clinic in Moshi, Tanzania.  For the first time in life, 48 children and families had answers to their questions of why their child’s back looked funny, why couldn’t they breath, why did they walk differently, and why didn’t they play like the other kids.  It was an emotional day for everyone involved. 

On the positive side, some families found out that their children would be fine and didn’t need surgery, some got braces, and some joined the Stand Tall waiting list to receive surgery in the future.  Not all children were so lucky.  The emotional side comes for the children whose condition condition was too severe and it was unsafe to operate. That there was nothing we could do to help.

No matter what the families found out that day though, they were all relieved to at least have information.  There is go greater gift than knowledge. The clinic was just over one year ago, but we are still getting phone calls.  Word is spreading that you don’t have to live with scoliosis, that there are options.  My only hope is that we can continue intervene before more children get to a life-threatening condition.  No one should die this day in age because of scoliosis.

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