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EPISODE #106
AIR DATE 01 24 2020
TRANSCRIPT
OPEN ((VO/NAT))
((Banner))
Rebirth
((SOT))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This year, I have decided to make two ravens embracing. I
thought it was one of the most important things I'd ever seen.
((Animation Transition))
((Banner))
Rehabilitate
((SOT))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
Whenever an elephant, no matter where it is around the
world, has an injury, I seem to get called upon.
((Animation Transition))
((Banner))
Restore
((SOT))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
Because of Chesapeake Care helping me and providing me
with the care that they do, I am able to stay here and take
care of my mom and do all of volunteering and things and
working in the administrative part of the church.
((Open Animation))
BLOCK A
((PKG)) BURNING SCULPTURE
((Banner: Ancient Flames for Modern Times))
((Reporter/Camera: Arturo Martinez))
((Native American flute: Aldean Ketchum))
((Map: Bluff, Utah))
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I used to come down here when I first moved to Bluff in
1983. I was climbing two trees and sitting up there in the
crotch of the tree with a drawing pad. I looked up and I saw
a mammoth and I got choked up. I mean, I had just
discovered the first Pleistocene rock art in North America.
No other rock art depicting mammoths have ever been found
in North America or South America. They are approximately
14,000 years old. I actually cried out loud when I saw that
that was a mammoth and that there were other tusks on the
panel. It's inspiring, you know?
((Courtesy: Wayne Ranney))
((NATS))
About 20 years after the discovery, I built the life size
mammoth to commemorate that mammoths were near the
town of Bluff.
((Courtesy: John Gregor))
((Courtesy: Stephen Strom))
After the mammoth, I've done nine other effigies that were
burnt on Winter Solstice,
((Courtesy: Dan Meyers))
the beginning of the astronomical year. When you start a
new year like that, your spirit is raised and it will be uplifting
to all cultures that come.
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This year, I have decided to make two ravens embracing.
It's something that I saw on a river trip. I thought it was one
of the most important things I'd ever seen. Our country,
especially now, needs to express love in any way that it can.
So, this is really a good subject for this year.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Those are the two ravens that I feed every morning. I've
been feeding them for about 20 years. Here's one flying
around.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This is a good one. Maybe this one.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
We are a few days away from Thanksgiving now and it's
gotten a lot colder. We still have a lot of work to do.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Yeah, one person could not do this alone. It's impossible.
We have about 25 volunteers show up. I feel great about
having the community come down. I like the idea that they
feel that they've invested time and that this is part of their
celebration. So, I want that to happen. It's important.
((NATS))
((John Gregor, Volunteer))
You know, this town has only got a few hundred people but
there's probably easily a significant majority of them that are
involved in this at some point.
((NATS))
((Kelly, Volunteer))
We harvested these from our farm which is called the
Historic Curtis John's farm on highway 162.
((NATS))
((Neighbor))
Joe is my neighbor. He's a really great sculptor and it's kind
of an honor to be able to work with Joe Pachak. Some
people come around and want to tell him what to do and he
kicks them out.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
We're looking for willows. Can you cut this one? These died
during a flood. You can see it’s plentiful.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Yeah, free sticks, makes it nice. I've probably spent at the
max. $300 on wire and a new saw and plyers.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
There's too much commercial stuff in our lives, you know?
We don't do anything because we truly love it and I don't
want to do this as a commercial thing.
((NATS))
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Good morning. How are you doing?
((José, Volunteer))
How are you?
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
What was your name?
((José, Volunteer))
José. Good to see you.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
José.
((José, Volunteer))
Good to see you.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Yeah. The raven, you know, it dissipates whatever bad is.
That's what we practice.
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
How would you want to set them on fire?
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
When we want to burn this, we will say, “All the bad things
that's going on in the world, we're going to burn it right now.”
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I really do try to involve the Native American cultures that I
live around. I want to make artwork that is culturally
sensitive that will bring people together.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Okay. Ahe’hee’.
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Ahe’hee’.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This is Winter Solstice morning. It's a happy day for me.
After two months and two days, we've finished the sculpture
and we're ready to celebrate.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
When this burns, it will come to life.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I feel so exhilarated. I feel so energized. I'm ready to take
on another year. I'm ready to take on my 70th trip around
the sun.
((Crowd))
Oh, God. It's too bad.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
They just took a nap. Yeah.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
They're taking a nap. I don't feel bad about it. Not one bit.
They're still embracing.
((Friends))
They are. Well, it was beautiful when it was standing. It's
beautiful now.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Yeah, it's beautiful now.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Michael Ramsey))
((Aldean Ketchum, Ute Flute Player))
Tog'oyak. Thank you.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Winter Solstice for Native Americans is our new year, so
Happy New Year.
((Crowd))
Happy New Year.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
The Raven, you know, it provides healing for like nightmares
and sadness and tonight, when the light is fired, say "pah",
so we send all the bad energy off. That's it. Thank you.
Pah.
((Crowd))
Pah.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I believe the collapsing embracing ravens may be a
metaphor for what is happening in our world, in our creative
process of the industrial age. With that in mind, I want you
all to have a good year and I want you to come back next
year after you've traveled around the sun, standing on this
Earth. Thank you very much for coming.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Dan Meyers))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
When you sacrifice or burn something that you've worked
hard on, it remains in the memory of all those people who
watch it because there's more profound aspirations in the
crowd.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
We don't need a lot more objects in the world. We need
experiences to help us grow.
((NATS))
TEASE ((VO/NAT))
Coming up…..
((Banner))
Art of Prosthetics
((SOT))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
I am hand-sculpting each one of these devices from scratch
using plaster and building with plastics and foams and it's,
it's an art every step of the way.
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BUMP IN ((ANIM))
BLOCK B
((PKG)) K9 FIRST RESPONDERS
((Banner: Helping the Helpers))
((Reporter: Maxim Moskalkov))
((Camera: Andrey Degtyarev))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((VOA Russian))
((Map: Fairfax, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Matt Giese, First Responders K9))
First Responders K9 trains and provides service dogs to first
responders by first responders. Our motto is, “for first
responders in the line of service”. So, mobility issues,
PTSD, traumatic brain injury and so on, tend to be
individuals that can benefit from these dogs.
((NATS))
((Chris Sharp, Fairfax Police Department))
Right now, as we start to focus that training, it’s focused
towards disability. So, the dogs being able to open up
doors, the dogs being able to press the handicapped little
sign so the doors will open, dogs being able to grab items for
the owner. So, that's a focus that the dogs will eventually
get near the end of their training and that comes into play as
the person who is going to get the dog is identified and we
find out what their disability is.
((NATS))
((Edwin Roessler, Chief, Fairfax County Police))
It's been a blessing because I am learning not only from my
trainer Kaitlin and my K9 Indy but everybody else to become
a more patient human being. I started to bring Indy into the
office and be with her 24/7. People on my floor and in the
building, where there are other dogs, it has become a happy
place and people always want to take Indy or the other dogs
out for a walk. It humanizes us, especially in the
community.
((NATS))
((Dustin, Fairfax Police Department))
Now, she's working a lot with behavioral stuff. How to say
hello to people, how to interact in public, in large groups,
how to socialize with other people and other animals.
There's a certain way that they can do it and ultimately, they
want to keep it a dog that is very well behaved in public.
((NATS))
((Chris Sharp, Fairfax Police Department))
A lot of people don't realize is that when the police are
called, it's not because someone is having a very good
day. During any 10-hour shift or a 12-hour shift, we have to
see the worst side of a lot of people. And we have to take
what's going on at one moment and kind of change our face
and go to the next call and pretend like the thing that we
went into before never happened.
((NATS))
((PKG)) ANIMAL BRACES AND PROSTHETICS
((Banner: Bionic Pets))
((Reporter/Camera: Deborah Block))
((Adapted by: Philip Alexiou))
((Map: Sterling, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
I am hand-sculpting each one of these devices from scratch
using plaster and building with plastics and foams and it's,
it's an art every step of the way.
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
Veterinary orthotics and prosthetics aren’t an exact
science. It’s really more of an art. I was working in the
human prosthetic industry for a couple of years and one day,
a veterinarian brought her dog named Charles to my human
facility. And luckily my boss quit that day and a veterinarian
was sitting with her dog, a black lab named Charles, for
about three hours and I said, you know, I've never helped
the dog before. And I gave it a try and it worked. And I had
such fulfillment and gratitude from not only the veterinarian
but the dog, that I realized this is the fulfillment I always want
from each patient. And I started animal orthocare back in
2005.
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
We do a lot more braces than prosthetics. It's a lot more
common for an animal to injure an ACL like we do. So, an
ACL is just like what we have in our knee and they, it's called
a CCL for dogs. They tweak their knee. It's a ligament
rupture. So, we put a knee brace on the leg to stabilize it
and then eventually the ligament will scar over and they don't
need surgery at all. So, we're actually saving people lots of
money. Surgeries cost between three and five thousand
dollars. A lot of times, vets won't tell you that we can
stabilize with a knee brace and you can avoid surgery
altogether. So, we're saving you a few thousand dollars with
this device here. That's the gold mine.
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
Have to do it a certain way. Since there's only about 10 of
us in the world that do veterinary orthotics and prosthetics
full time, not a lot of people are in close proximity to these
facilities. So, we do allow caretakers to cast their own pet
when necessary or we send casting kits to veterinarians
around the globe to cast the patient and ship that cast to
us.
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
We were able to make one of the first leg braces for a camel
in the world. So, I helped a couple of elephants in Thailand
about four years ago, who lost their legs from
landmines. And from there, I just kind of overnight became
the Elephant Man. And so, whenever an elephant, no matter
where it is around the world, has an injury, I seem to get
called upon.
((Courtesy: Derrick Camana))
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
So, I helped a couple of elephants in Thailand about four
years ago, who lost their legs from landmines. And from
there, I just kind of overnight became the Elephant Man.
And so, whenever an elephant, no matter where it is around
the world, has an injury, I seem to get called upon. So Jabu,
the African elephant from Botswana, he actually fell into a
termite hole and he twisted his wrist really bad. So, I was
able to make a brace to stabilize the leg so he wouldn't get
attacked and so he could get around because, you know, if
an elephant can’t get around, then he can’t live.
Every day I get kind of a new request and a new challenge
and I like that. But how did I get there? I don't really know. I
think people just kind of saw something and then they
realized that I could do it and they reached out.
((Courtesy: Derrick Camana))
((NATS))
((Customer))
I just want him to live the last few years of his life, you know,
the best he can.
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
It still gives me, you know, goose bumps where you fit a dog
and he is starting to regain his mobility.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Derrick Camana))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
That joy you see, that smile, that sparkle, that wagging of
their tail. I get such a joy out of helping animals.
((NATS))
TEASE ((VO/NAT))
Coming up…..
((Banner))
The Cost of Healthcare
((SOT))
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I take about 16 pills a day and I take the insulin at night. And
that medication will cost me more than 680 dollars for 30-day
prescription fee.
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BUMP IN ((ANIM))
BLOCK C
((PKG)) CHESAPEAKE CARE CLINIC
((Banner: Help for the Uninsured))
((Reporter/Camera: June Soh))
((Map: : Chesapeake, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
Twelve years ago, I woke up one morning and ended up in
an emergency room and that's when I found out that I was a
diabetic. And I was in the hospital for four days and that's
when I was referred to Chesapeake Care Clinic. And
Chesapeake Care Clinic has been my life saver.
((NATS: Tammy Givens and Dr. Dwight Matthias))
Hi, Doctor Matthias.
Nice seeing you again.
Good to see you always.
Let’s review what went on with your blood test and the
results, okay?
Okay.
You can see that the scar has healed perfectly. So, I am
proud of that. You, okay?
Yes.
The things are going great. Now, as you know, you have
many other endocrine issues that is going on.
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I've been seeing an endocrinologist. I've had a parathyroid
removed in June. After becoming a patient of theirs, I found
out that I not only was diabetic, I have high blood pressure. I
have suffered with sleep apnea and I was given a sleep
apnea machine to keep me breathing at night. Without this
machine, I could’ve been dead. I've been without a health
insurance for more than 20 years. My income was not
enough to pay for it.
((NAT: Medical staff))
I heard a little bit of what she talked with you about. Why
don’t you tell me what she went over with you.
((Virgil Wiley, Patient))
I was in a motorcycle accident a few years ago and I got
broken teeth and abscess in my mouth. And I am self-
employed. I don't make a lot of money and this is the only
way I can get my health fixed.
((Juan Montero, Retired Surgeon, Founder - Chesapeake
Care Clinic))
It was October 1st, 1992 when this clinic opened, solely for
the uninsured and the lower income people underserved in
health care. Wealthy as this country is, there is still millions
of patients that don’t have insurance. Many patients fell
between cracks and not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid
nor wealthy enough to pay for health insurance.
((NAT: Dr. Dwight Matthias))
Breathe in for me. Hold, release.
((Dr. Dwight Matthias, Endocrinologist, Chesapeake
Care Clinic))
I have been volunteering here for over 15 years. I am one of
the 500 volunteers here at this clinic. All volunteers include
from administration, medical, dental, pharmacy, nurses,
dental students.
((NAT: Tracy Decker))
Sugar and it also has protein. So, if you add milk, that is
healthier than adding sugar.
((Tracy Decker, Registered Nurse, Chesapeake Care
Clinic))
I volunteer at the clinic here. I am a registered nurse. I
teach diabetic education because about a third of our
population actually has diabetes here at the clinic. So
important for the patients who have diabetes to understand
how they can control their diabetes so that they don’t have
long-term and short-term complications. Complications can
kill patients. We work as a team and the patient is the center
of the team and we're all helping to keep everybody as
healthy as possible.
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I take about 16 pills a day and I take the insulin at night. And
that medication will cost me more than 680 dollars for 30-day
prescription fee, you know, together. And I pay about 16
dollars.
((NATS))
((Virgil Wiley, Patient))
Today, I have received two EpiPens and the original cost of
it was 730 dollars and I paid two dollars today. And it's for
severe reactions to bees, food, anything that you’re severally
allergic to. It could be life threatening. And if I didn't get it
here, I wouldn't be able to afford it at all.
((NATS))
((Dr. Dwight Matthias, Endocrinologist, Chesapeake
Care Clinic))
Chesapeake Care Clinic is funded from the generosity and
the donation of good-hearted individuals from our
community.
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I live with my mom. Because of Chesapeake Care helping
me and providing me with the care that they do, I am able to
stay here and take care of my mom and do all of
volunteering and things and working in the administrative
part of the church.
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
Otherwise, I certainly would not be here today.
((NATS))
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SHOW ENDS
EPISODE #106
AIR DATE 01 24 2020
TRANSCRIPT
OPEN ((VO/NAT))
((Banner))
Rebirth
((SOT))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This year, I have decided to make two ravens embracing. I
thought it was one of the most important things I'd ever seen.
((Animation Transition))
((Banner))
Rehabilitate
((SOT))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
Whenever an elephant, no matter where it is around the
world, has an injury, I seem to get called upon.
((Animation Transition))
((Banner))
Restore
((SOT))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
Because of Chesapeake Care helping me and providing me
with the care that they do, I am able to stay here and take
care of my mom and do all of volunteering and things and
working in the administrative part of the church.
((Open Animation))
BLOCK A
((PKG)) BURNING SCULPTURE
((Banner: Ancient Flames for Modern Times))
((Reporter/Camera: Arturo Martinez))
((Native American flute: Aldean Ketchum))
((Map: Bluff, Utah))
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I used to come down here when I first moved to Bluff in
1983. I was climbing two trees and sitting up there in the
crotch of the tree with a drawing pad. I looked up and I saw
a mammoth and I got choked up. I mean, I had just
discovered the first Pleistocene rock art in North America.
No other rock art depicting mammoths have ever been found
in North America or South America. They are approximately
14,000 years old. I actually cried out loud when I saw that
that was a mammoth and that there were other tusks on the
panel. It's inspiring, you know?
((Courtesy: Wayne Ranney))
((NATS))
About 20 years after the discovery, I built the life size
mammoth to commemorate that mammoths were near the
town of Bluff.
((Courtesy: John Gregor))
((Courtesy: Stephen Strom))
After the mammoth, I've done nine other effigies that were
burnt on Winter Solstice,
((Courtesy: Dan Meyers))
the beginning of the astronomical year. When you start a
new year like that, your spirit is raised and it will be uplifting
to all cultures that come.
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This year, I have decided to make two ravens embracing.
It's something that I saw on a river trip. I thought it was one
of the most important things I'd ever seen. Our country,
especially now, needs to express love in any way that it can.
So, this is really a good subject for this year.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Those are the two ravens that I feed every morning. I've
been feeding them for about 20 years. Here's one flying
around.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This is a good one. Maybe this one.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
We are a few days away from Thanksgiving now and it's
gotten a lot colder. We still have a lot of work to do.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Yeah, one person could not do this alone. It's impossible.
We have about 25 volunteers show up. I feel great about
having the community come down. I like the idea that they
feel that they've invested time and that this is part of their
celebration. So, I want that to happen. It's important.
((NATS))
((John Gregor, Volunteer))
You know, this town has only got a few hundred people but
there's probably easily a significant majority of them that are
involved in this at some point.
((NATS))
((Kelly, Volunteer))
We harvested these from our farm which is called the
Historic Curtis John's farm on highway 162.
((NATS))
((Neighbor))
Joe is my neighbor. He's a really great sculptor and it's kind
of an honor to be able to work with Joe Pachak. Some
people come around and want to tell him what to do and he
kicks them out.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
We're looking for willows. Can you cut this one? These died
during a flood. You can see it’s plentiful.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Yeah, free sticks, makes it nice. I've probably spent at the
max. $300 on wire and a new saw and plyers.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
There's too much commercial stuff in our lives, you know?
We don't do anything because we truly love it and I don't
want to do this as a commercial thing.
((NATS))
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Good morning. How are you doing?
((José, Volunteer))
How are you?
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
What was your name?
((José, Volunteer))
José. Good to see you.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
José.
((José, Volunteer))
Good to see you.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Yeah. The raven, you know, it dissipates whatever bad is.
That's what we practice.
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
How would you want to set them on fire?
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
When we want to burn this, we will say, “All the bad things
that's going on in the world, we're going to burn it right now.”
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I really do try to involve the Native American cultures that I
live around. I want to make artwork that is culturally
sensitive that will bring people together.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Okay. Ahe’hee’.
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Ahe’hee’.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
This is Winter Solstice morning. It's a happy day for me.
After two months and two days, we've finished the sculpture
and we're ready to celebrate.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
When this burns, it will come to life.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I feel so exhilarated. I feel so energized. I'm ready to take
on another year. I'm ready to take on my 70th trip around
the sun.
((Crowd))
Oh, God. It's too bad.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
They just took a nap. Yeah.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
They're taking a nap. I don't feel bad about it. Not one bit.
They're still embracing.
((Friends))
They are. Well, it was beautiful when it was standing. It's
beautiful now.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
Yeah, it's beautiful now.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Michael Ramsey))
((Aldean Ketchum, Ute Flute Player))
Tog'oyak. Thank you.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
Winter Solstice for Native Americans is our new year, so
Happy New Year.
((Crowd))
Happy New Year.
((Curtis Yanito, Navajo tribal member))
The Raven, you know, it provides healing for like nightmares
and sadness and tonight, when the light is fired, say "pah",
so we send all the bad energy off. That's it. Thank you.
Pah.
((Crowd))
Pah.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
I believe the collapsing embracing ravens may be a
metaphor for what is happening in our world, in our creative
process of the industrial age. With that in mind, I want you
all to have a good year and I want you to come back next
year after you've traveled around the sun, standing on this
Earth. Thank you very much for coming.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Dan Meyers))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
When you sacrifice or burn something that you've worked
hard on, it remains in the memory of all those people who
watch it because there's more profound aspirations in the
crowd.
((NATS))
((Joe Pachak, Artist and Rock Art Expert))
We don't need a lot more objects in the world. We need
experiences to help us grow.
((NATS))
TEASE ((VO/NAT))
Coming up…..
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Art of Prosthetics
((SOT))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
I am hand-sculpting each one of these devices from scratch
using plaster and building with plastics and foams and it's,
it's an art every step of the way.
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((PKG)) K9 FIRST RESPONDERS
((Banner: Helping the Helpers))
((Reporter: Maxim Moskalkov))
((Camera: Andrey Degtyarev))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((VOA Russian))
((Map: Fairfax, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Matt Giese, First Responders K9))
First Responders K9 trains and provides service dogs to first
responders by first responders. Our motto is, “for first
responders in the line of service”. So, mobility issues,
PTSD, traumatic brain injury and so on, tend to be
individuals that can benefit from these dogs.
((NATS))
((Chris Sharp, Fairfax Police Department))
Right now, as we start to focus that training, it’s focused
towards disability. So, the dogs being able to open up
doors, the dogs being able to press the handicapped little
sign so the doors will open, dogs being able to grab items for
the owner. So, that's a focus that the dogs will eventually
get near the end of their training and that comes into play as
the person who is going to get the dog is identified and we
find out what their disability is.
((NATS))
((Edwin Roessler, Chief, Fairfax County Police))
It's been a blessing because I am learning not only from my
trainer Kaitlin and my K9 Indy but everybody else to become
a more patient human being. I started to bring Indy into the
office and be with her 24/7. People on my floor and in the
building, where there are other dogs, it has become a happy
place and people always want to take Indy or the other dogs
out for a walk. It humanizes us, especially in the
community.
((NATS))
((Dustin, Fairfax Police Department))
Now, she's working a lot with behavioral stuff. How to say
hello to people, how to interact in public, in large groups,
how to socialize with other people and other animals.
There's a certain way that they can do it and ultimately, they
want to keep it a dog that is very well behaved in public.
((NATS))
((Chris Sharp, Fairfax Police Department))
A lot of people don't realize is that when the police are
called, it's not because someone is having a very good
day. During any 10-hour shift or a 12-hour shift, we have to
see the worst side of a lot of people. And we have to take
what's going on at one moment and kind of change our face
and go to the next call and pretend like the thing that we
went into before never happened.
((NATS))
((PKG)) ANIMAL BRACES AND PROSTHETICS
((Banner: Bionic Pets))
((Reporter/Camera: Deborah Block))
((Adapted by: Philip Alexiou))
((Map: Sterling, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
I am hand-sculpting each one of these devices from scratch
using plaster and building with plastics and foams and it's,
it's an art every step of the way.
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
Veterinary orthotics and prosthetics aren’t an exact
science. It’s really more of an art. I was working in the
human prosthetic industry for a couple of years and one day,
a veterinarian brought her dog named Charles to my human
facility. And luckily my boss quit that day and a veterinarian
was sitting with her dog, a black lab named Charles, for
about three hours and I said, you know, I've never helped
the dog before. And I gave it a try and it worked. And I had
such fulfillment and gratitude from not only the veterinarian
but the dog, that I realized this is the fulfillment I always want
from each patient. And I started animal orthocare back in
2005.
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
We do a lot more braces than prosthetics. It's a lot more
common for an animal to injure an ACL like we do. So, an
ACL is just like what we have in our knee and they, it's called
a CCL for dogs. They tweak their knee. It's a ligament
rupture. So, we put a knee brace on the leg to stabilize it
and then eventually the ligament will scar over and they don't
need surgery at all. So, we're actually saving people lots of
money. Surgeries cost between three and five thousand
dollars. A lot of times, vets won't tell you that we can
stabilize with a knee brace and you can avoid surgery
altogether. So, we're saving you a few thousand dollars with
this device here. That's the gold mine.
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
Have to do it a certain way. Since there's only about 10 of
us in the world that do veterinary orthotics and prosthetics
full time, not a lot of people are in close proximity to these
facilities. So, we do allow caretakers to cast their own pet
when necessary or we send casting kits to veterinarians
around the globe to cast the patient and ship that cast to
us.
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
We were able to make one of the first leg braces for a camel
in the world. So, I helped a couple of elephants in Thailand
about four years ago, who lost their legs from
landmines. And from there, I just kind of overnight became
the Elephant Man. And so, whenever an elephant, no matter
where it is around the world, has an injury, I seem to get
called upon.
((Courtesy: Derrick Camana))
((NATS))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
So, I helped a couple of elephants in Thailand about four
years ago, who lost their legs from landmines. And from
there, I just kind of overnight became the Elephant Man.
And so, whenever an elephant, no matter where it is around
the world, has an injury, I seem to get called upon. So Jabu,
the African elephant from Botswana, he actually fell into a
termite hole and he twisted his wrist really bad. So, I was
able to make a brace to stabilize the leg so he wouldn't get
attacked and so he could get around because, you know, if
an elephant can’t get around, then he can’t live.
Every day I get kind of a new request and a new challenge
and I like that. But how did I get there? I don't really know. I
think people just kind of saw something and then they
realized that I could do it and they reached out.
((Courtesy: Derrick Camana))
((NATS))
((Customer))
I just want him to live the last few years of his life, you know,
the best he can.
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
It still gives me, you know, goose bumps where you fit a dog
and he is starting to regain his mobility.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Derrick Camana))
((Derrick Camana, Founder, Bionic Pets))
That joy you see, that smile, that sparkle, that wagging of
their tail. I get such a joy out of helping animals.
((NATS))
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Coming up…..
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The Cost of Healthcare
((SOT))
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I take about 16 pills a day and I take the insulin at night. And
that medication will cost me more than 680 dollars for 30-day
prescription fee.
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((PKG)) CHESAPEAKE CARE CLINIC
((Banner: Help for the Uninsured))
((Reporter/Camera: June Soh))
((Map: : Chesapeake, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
Twelve years ago, I woke up one morning and ended up in
an emergency room and that's when I found out that I was a
diabetic. And I was in the hospital for four days and that's
when I was referred to Chesapeake Care Clinic. And
Chesapeake Care Clinic has been my life saver.
((NATS: Tammy Givens and Dr. Dwight Matthias))
Hi, Doctor Matthias.
Nice seeing you again.
Good to see you always.
Let’s review what went on with your blood test and the
results, okay?
Okay.
You can see that the scar has healed perfectly. So, I am
proud of that. You, okay?
Yes.
The things are going great. Now, as you know, you have
many other endocrine issues that is going on.
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I've been seeing an endocrinologist. I've had a parathyroid
removed in June. After becoming a patient of theirs, I found
out that I not only was diabetic, I have high blood pressure. I
have suffered with sleep apnea and I was given a sleep
apnea machine to keep me breathing at night. Without this
machine, I could’ve been dead. I've been without a health
insurance for more than 20 years. My income was not
enough to pay for it.
((NAT: Medical staff))
I heard a little bit of what she talked with you about. Why
don’t you tell me what she went over with you.
((Virgil Wiley, Patient))
I was in a motorcycle accident a few years ago and I got
broken teeth and abscess in my mouth. And I am self-
employed. I don't make a lot of money and this is the only
way I can get my health fixed.
((Juan Montero, Retired Surgeon, Founder - Chesapeake
Care Clinic))
It was October 1st, 1992 when this clinic opened, solely for
the uninsured and the lower income people underserved in
health care. Wealthy as this country is, there is still millions
of patients that don’t have insurance. Many patients fell
between cracks and not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid
nor wealthy enough to pay for health insurance.
((NAT: Dr. Dwight Matthias))
Breathe in for me. Hold, release.
((Dr. Dwight Matthias, Endocrinologist, Chesapeake
Care Clinic))
I have been volunteering here for over 15 years. I am one of
the 500 volunteers here at this clinic. All volunteers include
from administration, medical, dental, pharmacy, nurses,
dental students.
((NAT: Tracy Decker))
Sugar and it also has protein. So, if you add milk, that is
healthier than adding sugar.
((Tracy Decker, Registered Nurse, Chesapeake Care
Clinic))
I volunteer at the clinic here. I am a registered nurse. I
teach diabetic education because about a third of our
population actually has diabetes here at the clinic. So
important for the patients who have diabetes to understand
how they can control their diabetes so that they don’t have
long-term and short-term complications. Complications can
kill patients. We work as a team and the patient is the center
of the team and we're all helping to keep everybody as
healthy as possible.
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I take about 16 pills a day and I take the insulin at night. And
that medication will cost me more than 680 dollars for 30-day
prescription fee, you know, together. And I pay about 16
dollars.
((NATS))
((Virgil Wiley, Patient))
Today, I have received two EpiPens and the original cost of
it was 730 dollars and I paid two dollars today. And it's for
severe reactions to bees, food, anything that you’re severally
allergic to. It could be life threatening. And if I didn't get it
here, I wouldn't be able to afford it at all.
((NATS))
((Dr. Dwight Matthias, Endocrinologist, Chesapeake
Care Clinic))
Chesapeake Care Clinic is funded from the generosity and
the donation of good-hearted individuals from our
community.
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
I live with my mom. Because of Chesapeake Care helping
me and providing me with the care that they do, I am able to
stay here and take care of my mom and do all of
volunteering and things and working in the administrative
part of the church.
((NATS))
((Tammy Givens, Patient))
Otherwise, I certainly would not be here today.
((NATS))
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