Kheav's shoulder had been dislocated for more than two months. His humeral head was sitting inches below where it should and it was fractured.

On the July 2012 trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the orthopedic team sent by the Cornerstone Foundation met Kheav, a 50-year-old poor farmer with a shoulder injury that rendered his arm useless. In May 2012, Kheav was plowing his field when his water-buffalo kicked him in the shoulder. Kheav experienced immediate pain and found that he was unable to move his arm. Realizing that without the use of his arm he wouldn't be able to farm nor feed his family, Kheav sought a local physician for help. Since there are not any X-ray machines in Kompot, the country providence Kheav is from, the physician was unable to diagnose him and told him he did not know what was wrong with his shoulder. Kheav returned to his farm where he struggled to plow the land and maintain the fields alone with only one functioning arm. After struggling for awhile, Kheav realized he couldn't farm anymore, so though already stricken with poverty, he was forced to hire people to farm for him. Kheav's situation seemed hopeless; he had one functioning arm, one completely useless arm, he was poor and forced to use what little money he had to pay others to work for him. He still did not have a diagnosis and there was no solution in sight.

Two months later, in July 2012, a missionary in Kompot told Kheav that an orthopedic team had come to Jeremiah's Hope clinic in Phnom Penh and advised Kheav to travel to the capitol to see if they could help him. After an expensive three hour drive, Kheav arrived at Jeremiah's Hope* on July 23, 2012 where he met Dr. Joseph Hsin. After a quick X-ray Kheav finally discovered the cause behind his pain and his inability to use his arm; Kheav's shoulder had been dislocated for more than two months. His humeral head was sitting inches below where it should and it was fractured. Dr. Hsin gave Kheav the news that he had been hoping to hear ever since his injury; his shoulder could be fixed. Just two days later, Kheav was taken to the operating room at Jeremiah's Hope where his shoulder was surgically repaired and put back in place. Although Kheav's story is unique to him, people all throughout Cambodia find themselves in similar situations: different injuries and various medical conditions without money to pay for health care or the ability to find physicians who are available and capable to treat them.

The amazing thing about Kheav is, although his shoulder was dislocated for two months, he never complained of pain or the unfairness of the situation. Instead, he only voiced his desire to have his shoulder repaired so that he could work and support his family. It is a selfless attitude that seems to be universal amongst the Cambodians. In spite of a government that has let them down and in spite of not having access to health care, the Cambodian people demonstrate a calm acceptance of the way life has turned out. They are friendly, always willing to help, and do not complain. Kheav, along with the rest of the Cambodian patients, simply appreciate that a doctor from America cares enough to help them.

*Jeremiah's Hope is the clinic that the Cornerstone Foundation partners with in Cambodia. All surgeries are performed at this clinic and this is where most of the donated medical equipment is sent.