An accident that could have happened to anyone turned into tragedy for this spunky ten year-old who slipped and fell on her wet kitchen floor. Her knee swelled and her mother sought medical attention for her daughter in her poor village on the border of Haiti. Although her knee was not even broken, her leg was cast - too tightly - and 48 hours later she had to have her leg amputated above the knee. This tragedy would not crush this little girl's spirit, however. She came to St. Louis for a prosthetic leg and physical therapy and was walking and dancing around in no time. She will be followed by a prosthetist in her home country and we continue to hear that Massiel is doing very well. Special thanks to Mark Wilson of Orthotic and Prosthetic Design, Inc. for the donation of Massiel's prosthetic leg, and also to The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis for providing her physical therapy.