One of the things we love at Dankmeyer is the appointment when we are able to provide the finished prosthesis or orthosis for a patient that gets them back to improved or first time mobility! These appointments can be joyful celebrations with family and Dankmeyer team members celebrating this significant “step”! As part of this delivery appointment, the patient learns how to take the device on and off (don and doff), how to care for and clean the device, the importance of monitoring the skin for redness or irritation, and discussion of fit and function. A followup appointment is made so that any questions are adjustments can be made after that initial use.
Today we have three different videos to share that show some of these first steps. We are so excited that Isiah Brown, Peter McDevitt and Megan Norton agreed to share this occasion to show others their experience.
Mr. Isiah Brown’s delivery day was an appointment with his prosthetist Robb Brown, CPO, at our North Baltimore office.
In another delivery appointment, Megan Norton receives her orthoses. Her orthotist, Jeremy Halteman, CPO was joined by Resident Danny Weiser (our narrator) at our Baltimore Washington office for this appointment. In this video, we see Megan’s gait before she wears her new orthoses, and then after - so you can see the improvement.
Once more video to share this time. This is Peter McDevitt, also at our Baltimore Washington office, with his prosthetist Jeremy Halteman, CPO. Peter is a bilateral lower limb amputee and we see him both in the office, and in a video from home which he contributed.