Karuna's Visit

by Kaivahn Sarkaratpour 

Last week we got the privilege of meeting Karuna and his mother to stop in and try on his prosthetic for his trumpet. We learned that his model is close to a digital model that we found and so we can use that to build from instead of the scan that we made which is not as accurate. It was my first time meeting Karuna and we got along great after I showed him all the cool stuff we do and he was excited to mess around and learn! This is the work I enjoy and being able to help these kids do what they love is rewarding in itself. 

Seeing how the thermoplastic model fits

Karuna showing us how he wears the thermoplastic model

Our scanned model printed and fitted to the trumpet

Frankie Flood showing Karuna what his newer prosthetic will look like

Karuna learned quickly and was playing around on the computer with the Rhino files moving things to where he wanted. We also learned that Karuna is a great trumpet player and has great potential. CBS 58 came in as well to film a piece on the work we have been doing and the story is set to air sometime next week.