POA’s Zoe Gibbs gives Adventure Amputee Camp a thumbs up!, 8/3/2012

POA’s Zoe Gibbs had a great time at “The Adventure Amputee Camp” in the mountains of North Carolina last month! The Adventure Amputee Camp, Inc., is open to young people with amputations between the ages of 8 and 18. Some of the camp activities include river rafting, high ropes,water skiing, horseback riding, swimming, bowling, and lots of socializing! The value of being among peers and the support and camaraderie it

POA patient Bree McMahon to be featured on ESPN SportsCenter on Sunday, 8/5/2012

Watch ESPN SportsCenter “Between the Lines” on Sunday, Aug. 5th at 10:00 am, 11:00 pm (and shows throughout the day). They are featuring POA patient Bree McMahon in a segment entitled “THE COMEBACK.” (See synopsis below) Orlando teen soccer player Bree McMahon had her life planned out. Following club soccer season in the fall, she’d star for her high school team and then choose where to continue her athletic career

POA patient Franklin Mejias featured on WFTV Orlando News segment, “12-year-old nearly killed by bacterial infections get chance to walk,” 8/2/2012

WFTV Orlando News was at our facility to interview Franklin Mejias, a young boy who contracted a near deadly bacterial infection which led to the amputation of his hands and both of his legs. POA is providing Franklin’s prosthetic limbs, and in a few months he hopes to be fit with prosthetic hands at a facility in Tampa.