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Michael Zapf, DPM, Darren Payne, DPM

Lorie Robinson, DPM and Steve Benson, DPM

Thank you for visiting the web site of Drs. Zapf, Payne, Robinson and Benson all practicing in two offices in the Conejo Valley. Our practice name is the Agoura-Los Robles Podiatry Centers. We have combined over 60 years of experience to better serve our patients. Dr. Michael Zapf is mostly responsible for hte content of this web site.. This site is intended for the patients of The Conejo- Los Robles Podiatry Centers. If you are not a patient, you are still welcome to visit the site and learn what you can about your problem. But the doctors cannot assume any responsibility for your care and cannot offer you any medical advice. You need to see your own professional. Your problem may well be different from what you think it is, even with the help of this site. Please note that all information and photographs on this site are copyrighted by the Conejo - Los Robles Podiatry Centers and cannot be used for any private or commercial use.


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Sandy Shultz is our contact in Honduras. She is  former Peace Corp Volunteer who stays in Honduras for 5 months a year arranging a never ending host of charitable activities. These 4 kids that our group operated on are 'her kids". She sent this post-operative picture along with the following letter:

 This group of four children have been known to me for
about three years. We have been through a lot
together. They come from small villages outside
Choluteca in the south of Honduras where it is very
hot, and walk from their adobe houses to hitchhike on
the first road they have available, get to a bus,
which will take them to another, and then another so
they can reach Tegucigalpa. I pay all their expenses
so they can afford to make this trip but it is still
grueling and risky as they leave other children at
home, sometimes a house unguarded, and whatever small
income they might be making in order to help their
children. It is their commitment and courage that
give me the strength to keep trying to help them. They
have been to four other brigades with me over the
years without help. Some even further away on the
north coast in La Ceiba, others in San Pedro Sula.
They finally realized their dream when Rotary
Westlake Sunrisers  took up the gavel and came to
their aid. Yesterday I was at the hospital to greet
them as they came back for their first cast change and have their stitches removed. I hope to be there in 5 weeks when they return to have pins removed and a cast put on once again. It has been so exciting and at times scary as I know their are risks with this surgery as do they. When they leave I give them money for the return trip.

When I took them to the bus stop after their initial surgery and we were waiting for their time to leave. suddenly, the two fathers in the group started to cry and hug me. It was totally unexpected and very emotional. They were so grateful and kept saying thanks. I have a great deal of respect for their willingness to follow their dream and this gringa with no real knowledge of where they were going or  what was going to happen. Humanity can be an inspiration!

And if you are tempted to think they are just naive and simple people and that is why they go like sheep with me into the unknown, you should have been part of the taxi conversation. To hear these campasinos and really financially poor people talk with the taxi cab driver about the world crisis that exists was very interesting. They knew the names of all the key players and all had opinions. The one we truly shared though was our hope that these children will have a better life as a result of your help.


Thanks again from Honduras....Sandy
 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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