Nogales, Arizona

Patients

Our patients all live in Mexico and come from disadvantaged families. Either the family cannot afford the medical care needed or Mexican doctors have given up hope on the children. We see patients with a variety of debilitating medical conditions; for example, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, blindness, hearing loss, brittle bone disease, club foot, etc. This section of our Web site will show you the variety of patients we see. Most of our patients live in Nogales or other parts of Sonora, but some come from as far away as Mexico City. We see patients from age 1 month to 18 years. Here are 6 of our patients. These photos were updated in October, 2011.

Check back every month or so to see new faces here.

Joanna Joana Armenta, age 6, lives in Nogales, Son. She had cleft palate surgery in October 2010. She is a patient in the Speech & Language Therapy Department where she is learning how to say her consonants.
Jesùs Tadeo Guiterrez Caperón is 16 and lives in Hermosillo, Son. He has brittle bones disease and is a patient in the Orthopedics Department. He has had surgery at Shriners Hospital to have rods put in his long bones to keep them from breaking. Jesus
Valeria Valeria Dias is 3 years old and lives in Nogales, Son. Her feet turn inward. She is a patient in the Orthopedics Department.
Ibram Trujillo, age 9, lives in Hermosillo, Son. He has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. He is a patient in the Speech and Language Therapy Department. Ibram
Anamarie Anamarie Lopez Guiterrez lives in Magadalena, Son. Greg Swingle, Aud.D., checks her ears in the Audiology Department.
Jesùs Alexis Hernandez, age 5, lives in Nogales, Son. He is a patient in Occupational Therapy. He wears braces from the knees down on both legs. He has cerebral palsy. Jesus Alexis