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Mercy's story

Mercy's foot is stepping down again

Three-year-old Mercy could not put her right foot flat on the ground. Two weeks after she started wearing a 3D-printed night splint made at CoRSU, her mother saw her foot stepping down again.

Care received
Medical rehabilitation
Condition
Mild spasticity of the right arm and leg
Source
From the CoRSU orthopaedic workshop, January 2025
Published
Mercy, a small girl in a yellow top with an orthosis on her right leg, sits in a chair beside her mother.

Before CoRSU

Mercy is three years old and lives in Luzira, in Kampala. She came to CoRSU with mild spasticity, a stiffness of the muscles, in her right arm and leg. Her right foot would not reach the ground.

Care at CoRSU

On 11 December 2024, Mercy was recommended for an ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) to wear on her right leg at night, as a splint. The orthopaedic technologists scanned and measured her leg that same day, and she was fitted with her 3D-printed AFO on 17 December.

She came back for review on 15 January 2025. The surgeon noted: "No issues currently, patient is progressing with the use of the night splint AFO."

Mercy now

“Many people didn’t believe that Mercy will be well as a normal child because her right foot wouldn’t reach the ground, but when we used this device for 2 weeks, I was glad to see her foot stepping down again.”

Mercy's mother

“If it wasn’t because of them, some of us wouldn’t be able to manage rehabilitation of our children. I request them to continue helping more people through such initiatives.”

Mercy's mother, thanking CBM Italy

Made possible with support from CBM Italy.

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“When we used this device for 2 weeks, I was glad to see her foot stepping down again.”

Mercy's mother

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