Charitable Care

For Kids LikeSophia

Sophia was admitted to Children's Hospital to undergo several procedures, including a greater trochanteric advancement of the left hip, an epyphisiodisas of the distal femur on the right side and an arthrogram. Sophia is also a heart patient, so in the event of a heart emergency, a special body cast was made for her with a split up the side for easy removal. Sophia stayed in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) after surgery to be monitored for cardiac disturbances and than was transferred to the orthopedic unit. While she was on the orthopedic unit, Sophia received physical therapy (PT) twice a day. PT provided her with a walker that had an arm adapter because she had also broken her right arm before her hip and knee surgery. Before Sophia could be discharged from Children's Hospital, a hospital bed and a reclining wheel chair had to be delivered to her house, to aid in her at-home recovery. Without funds donated by CMN Hospitals, it would not be possible for Sophia to receive the surgeries and treatments she needed.