Meet Thomas

Thomas is 7 years old and is in Grade 1. Thomas was born with ABS like so many other children that have visited Robohand.

He is a very excited young man and chatters on and on about all sorts of things. He has a very vivid imagination. We think he just likes the sound of his own voice.

The family Brian, Mariska and Sarah-lee came to visit a few weeks ago for a fitting and to see if Thomas is a candidate for a Robohand. Since then Thomas has told his entire school that he is getting his Robohand today and everyone will be waiting patiently for him on Monday morning.

When the family arrived this morning Thomas got straight on the chair and started chattering away about getting his Robohand. As usual Rich starts with the fitting of the hand cap and gauntlet which is the most tedious and lengthy process.

When Thomas was here for his fitting, he put in a request for red and white fingers. Rich duly obliged.

It is the middle of winter here in Johannesburg at the moment and Rich’s workshop is freezing. So after some nice hot coffee and hot chocolate, we carried on with the fitting.

Thomas enjoys cricket which is his favourite activity. He can’t wait to play cricket with his new Robohand and we are hoping that it will be an extremely positive thing and he will grow from strength to strength. Thomas also believes that you shouldn’t do any running if there is no ball involved. His sister did cross country at the beginning of week and his mom asked Thomas if he would like to join in the running. Thomas’ response was “But there’s no ball, so why should I run?”

Thomas’ other pass time is Video games. He love shooting games the most but also enjoys driving games. He enjoys soccer too.

Thomas is very popular and has lots of friends. He told us that he has a girlfriend who he is going to marry but he is going to stay with his mom and dad so he doesn’t have so far to travel to school. He is good at Maths and hates vegetables, especially peas and green ones.

After another long day for Rich, Thomas has a happy grin when he leaves with his Robohand.