{"id":496,"date":"2015-12-02T11:07:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toh.masm.ca\/fr\/?p=496"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:40:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:40:17","slug":"un-timide-sourire-de-gratitude-nous-a-suffi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/non-classifiee\/un-timide-sourire-de-gratitude-nous-a-suffi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab Un timide sourire de gratitude nous a suffi \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les missions b\u00e9n\u00e9voles de Monica Robichaud l\u2019aident \u00e0 faire la part des choses. \u00ab J\u2019ai de la compassion pour mes patients, mais je ne fais plus autant de montagnes avec des riens. \u00bb  Photo : Tara McMullen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Une fillette de 12 ans a une l\u00e9sion incompl\u00e8te de la moelle \u00e9pini\u00e8re apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 attaqu\u00e9e par un tigre. Ce n\u2019est pas le genre de blessure que Monica Robichaud, ergoth\u00e9rapeute, voit \u00e0 Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Mais au N\u00e9pal, o\u00f9 elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 b\u00e9n\u00e9vole avec l\u2019\u00c9quipe Canada Healing Hands, elle a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9valuer la fillette et \u00e0 obtenir un fauteuil roulant ajust\u00e9 pour ses besoins.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Avant la fin de la semaine, nous l\u2019avons vue \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur de la clinique avec son p\u00e8re. Un timide sourire de gratitude a suffi pour nous r\u00e9compenser \u00bb, se souvient-elle.<\/p>\n

Venant d\u2019une famille o\u00f9 le b\u00e9n\u00e9volat est \u00e0 l\u2019honneur, Mme<\/sup> Robichaud croit fermement qu\u2019il faut redonner aux autres, ce qu\u2019elle a fait depuis 2012 pendant trois voyages \u00e0 Ha\u00efti et au N\u00e9pal.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Chaque fois que je pars en mission b\u00e9n\u00e9vole, j\u2019apprends, je suis mise au d\u00e9fi, je m\u2019\u00e9panouis et je perfectionne mes comp\u00e9tences \u00bb, explique-t-elle.<\/p>\n

\"JE<\/a><\/p>\n

Monica Robichaud worked in Nepal to assess people\u2019s needs and adjust their wheelchairs, as well as educate local staff about wheelchair cushions and transfers.<\/em><\/p>\n

During her first trip to Haiti, she developed occupational therapy treatment sessions for disabled children at an orphanage in Ile-\u00e0-Vache. A year later, Robichaud returned to provide education on therapeutic intervention and care for clients with stroke in Port-au-Prince and Les Cayes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all responsible for covering the costs of our initiatives,\u201d she explained. \u201cI was able to raise funds through CanadaHelps.org and social media. Supportive friends, family and co-workers make these projects possible for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recently, in August 2015, Robichaud travelled to the Kathmandu area in Nepal as part of a small wheelchair seating team that worked with the Walkabout Foundation at the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center. On the clinic\u2019s first day, clients were lined up out the door to be assessed for their wheelchairs. A Nepali clinician partnered with each Canadian occupational therapist to assess the clients, and 53 assessments were done on the first day alone.<\/p>\n

\"JE<\/a><\/p>\n

Monica Robichaud is always amazed at the resilience and courage of the people she treats during volunteer missions abroad, but also here at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre.<\/em><\/p>\n

Later, the team began building new seating systems and people\u2019s posture and comfort began improving.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 50 new chairs were fitted and education on wheelchair cushions and transfers was provided to staff during the short and very productive seven-day mission,\u201d said Robichaud.<\/p>\n

Working in developing countries has made Robichaud appreciate our health-care system and all of the resources that are available to us.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery system and society has its flaws but I always come back with a renewed appreciation for what we have,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

People ask her how she prevents the suffering she sees in these disaster areas from affecting her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see the suffering but mostly, I am forever amazed at the resilience and courage of the people I meet,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is not much different than my job here at the Rehabilitation Centre. Every day I meet people whose lives have changed drastically, yet they show up to their appointments and accept the challenges presented to them. As an occupational therapist, there is no greater reward than to help someone return to meaningful occupation and a productive life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Les missions b\u00e9n\u00e9voles de Monica Robichaud l\u2019aident \u00e0 faire la part des choses. \u00ab J\u2019ai de la compassion pour mes patients, mais je ne fais plus autant de montagnes avec des riens. \u00bb  Photo : Tara McMullen. Une fillette de 12 ans a une l\u00e9sion incompl\u00e8te de la moelle \u00e9pini\u00e8re apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 attaqu\u00e9e par un tigre. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}