Paula and Tupiza

  Paula and Tupiza 
  Originally uploaded by interplast.

This is 6 year-old Paula with her mother. They traveled from Tupiza - a day and a half from La Paz. Paula was burned at age 2 in a fire that started in the kitchen. Her mother, Feliza, heard about the team on TV. Paula loves to sing, and she has quite a repertoire. She sings for all of us when we make rounds. She and her mother will stay in the hospital until next week, when I will see her to remove her dressing and to make a splint, and to teach her mother how to do exercises that will increase her range of motion.