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| Amaglan Donid. Photos courtesy of Shebana Coelho. |
When Amaglan Donid, a 59-year-old Mongolian woman with a transtibial amputation, arrives in New Jersey, it will mark the beginning of a journey made possible by the Barr Foundation Amputee Assistance Fund (Barr Foundation), Carey Glass, CPO, LPO, FAAOP, and caring individuals in Mongolia and the United States. Over the next six weeks, Glass will evaluate, fit, and fabricate a custom prosthesis for Amaglan-a patient who lives in one of the coldest capital cities in the world, several thousand miles from the United States. Given that distance and Amaglan’s limited financial resources, it is likely that Glass will never see his patient in person again after the fitting period, which makes for a situation with striking challenges.
