This little guy with the sardonic grin is Oyis. He has been living at Dr. Joey's hospital for the past several months, ever since being discharged from the USS Comfort. He has a facial nerve palsy as well as vision problems and a femur fracture from the earthquake, with an external fixation, but has not been healing very well from the fracture. He has been getting physical and speech therapy, but it's been a little less than ideal in Haiti. He's been waiting for a medical visa to go to the US to address his vision and nonhealing fracture, but due to assorted logistical hang-ups, it's taken months.
However, apparently Kez worked some miracles last week, and he has finally made it to the US! He flew out last week, and has already been seen by an opthalmologist and orthopedic surgeon. He's now getting prism glasses and can weight bear, and will be getting his femur hardware out next week. Progress!
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