Cerrito, 26 September 2006
Hi! How are you?
I imagine excellent. This is Christian Riquelme, one of the many patients that have passed through your hands. I am 10 years old and live in Cerrito, Presidente Hayes, El Chaco Paraguay .
I'd like to first thank the God Almighty for giving me this happiness; and of course to you Doctors of Charity Anywhere, the Paraguayan Foundation, and the Peery Foundation who made my dream come true. Maybe I do not know all of your names, but I keep in my heart the very best memory of each and everyone of you. Especially Claudia, who gave me courage and trust in addition to some mothers too. Thanks!
Who would have thought that on Saturday the 23 rd of September (two days before spring time) my mom would say to me, "Son.we should go now to see the doctors so that they will be able to see you." I didn't want to go, but mom insisted. Oh well.we ended up going just as mom wanted. Who would've thought that upon arriving there something would attract my attention powerfully, the kindness of the doctors who treated me. Somebody with a smile told me, "We will do surgery on you." It was shocking at first, but later I said, "Yes!" with excitement. The surgery started and from then on my life was different, A sweet reality!
When I was a child I was different than everybody else. I still remember that a classmate laughed at me because as we were doing math we used our fingers to count, and my fingers would stick together as we counted. I told my grandma once that I'd rather cut my fingers and not have the same problem ever again. I had always kept a pair of scissors underneath my pillow, but recently my grandma discovered them. Then from that day on my mom and grandma promised me they would help me fix my strange fingers.
Thank goodness the day of my surgery came faster than I could have ever imagined. I feel much better now, and so happy and as useful as any other child my age. I also have a desire to improve as a human being now that I know my fingers will be cured and rehabilitated. I never would have imagined that my surgery would make me the most popular kid in the clinic. Just thinking that my picture is going to travel on the internet all over the world. I don't want to lose my hope of someday shaking the hand of the doctor who fixed my hand. I dream to be a soccer player someday. I dream to dedicate one goal to the doctor who fixed my hand in a big stadium full of people in Ecuador .
May God Bless those Non Profit organizations that arrived here in Paraguay and especially for helping such a small poor community as "Cerrito".
I will never forget you guys, or your pictures.
BYE NOW
CHAU
Christian Daniel Riquelme
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