![]() ![]() “Anistasia was very brave and not intimidated by the doctors and nurses who tended to her,” says Dr. During her hospital stay, Anistasia had to remain still to avoid injuring her thumb. The lungs gather up to three times more oxygen than is possible at normal air pressure, and the blood carries this oxygen throughout the body, promoting healing. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room. Anistasia had hyperbaric oxygen therapy at Mayo Clinic to help the wound heal. Carlsen performed a skin graft on her hand. “The bones in a child’s hands are immature and the blood vessels we need to reattach are very small, requiring microsurgery,” says Dr. The complex surgery took more than 12 hours. If we cannot reattach a severed thumb, we will place another finger or even a toe in the thumb position. “The fingers need something to grasp against. “Half of all hand function is dependent on the thumb,” he says. Carlsen, a plastic surgeon, explains why reattaching the thumb was so important. “They assured me they would do everything possible to reattach my daughter’s thumb,” says Grunewald. She comforted me and told me not to cry.”Īt Mayo Clinic, Anistasia was met by a surgical team and was in an operating room within minutes. “Anistasia had pain medication and was calm on the ride. ![]() Mother and daughter were flown by helicopter to Rochester. More than two hours had passed already while we waited for the surgical consultation,” says Grunewald. “The surgeon told us that the window of opportunity for reattachment is about six hours. The on-call surgeon recommended Anistasia go to Mayo Clinic to determine if the thumb could be reattached. “My mother put pressure on Anistasia’s hand to control the bleeding and called 911.”įirst responders retrieved the thumb and used a bag of frozen vegetables from the family’s freezer to keep it cold and increase the likelihood of the tissue surviving.Īnistasia was transported from her home in Milroy, Minn., to a hospital emergency room in nearby Marshall. When the recliner was brought to an upright position, her thumb was caught in the chair’s mechanism and cut off,” says Grunewald. “Anistasia was asleep, cuddling on her grandma’s chest. Anistasia’s left thumb had been severed in a recliner chair. Carlsen giving thumbs upĪnistasia Smith and her mother, Bridgette Grunewald, give a big thumbs-up to Brian Carlsen, M.D., and the team at Mayo Clinic who cared for the then 4-year-old in February 2011. He also said that the article motivated him to work more in the field of educating tribals.Anistasia and Dr. The article also mentioned about the recent National Geographic channel’s Mega Kitchen programme that featured on KISS’ kitchen which feeds 25,000 plus students every day.Īfter reading the article, KISS and KIIT founder Dr Achyuta Samanta heartily thanked Vijaya Karnataka editor Mr Thimmappa Bhat and the columnist Mary Joseph for featuring the plight of Odia tribals. Dana Majhi is glad that his three daughters are being educated at KISS with the blessings of KIIT & KISS Founder Dr Achyuta Samanta. The illiterate tribals who would have otherwise ended up joining Maoist movement are now wooed into mainstream society by Dr Samanta through his innovative education. The article also highlights that how KISS has played an important role in reducing Maoist influence in Odisha. VK edit article on how KISS is a leading light in educating tribals.Īpty titled-‘Hridayasparshi’, the article is really a heart touching piece on how many poor tribals in Odisha found their ‘home’ in KIIT & KISS. The story of Majhi, his struggles and his connection with Dr Samanta has been well articulated in an edit page article published in Karnataka’s leading newspaper Vijaya Karnataka on November 29. Today, Mr Majhi is the happiest person as his three daughters are enrolled into KISS. Long after her death, Mr Majhi was wondering how can he ever fulfil his wife’s wish and this was when he got a call from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) founder Dr Achyuta Samanta who promised free education. Before dying, Dana Majhi’s wife had one last wish it was to educate her three daughters. ![]()
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