3 Ugandan Children Arrive in India for Heart Surgeries
This week, three children from Uganda headed to India to receive their long-awaited heart surgeries. As with any complicated trip involving medically fragile kids, some travel glitches occurred. Sadly, one of the children chosen for this travel group, little Arianna, is currently ill in the hospital and unable to travel, and we’re working with this […]
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20 Years of Hope: Raven
Little Raven was born in India in April 2020. Her parents were thrilled at the birth of their first child, but their excitement quickly turned to panic when they took her to her first check-up at 15 days old. Doctors discovered a hole (a ventricular septal defect, or VSD) in Raven’s heart but reassured the […]
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Catherine: Waiting for Heart Surgery
This lovely five-year-old is Catherine. She lives with her parents and her baby sister in Uganda. Catherine appeared to be a completely healthy child until she developed a terrible cough last year at age four. After receiving treatment at a local hospital, she was referred to the Uganda Heart Institute for further evaluation. Sadly, little […]
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Joey: Waiting for Heart Surgery
When he was born, Baby Joey appeared to be healthy, and his parents and older siblings were excited to welcome him to the world. However, at two months of age, he became very ill with pneumonia. Sadly, Joey developed an abnormal heartbeat and never seemed to fully recover. At four months old, Joey was referred […]
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20 Years of Hope: Sallie
In December 2019, a young couple in Uganda was overjoyed to successfully deliver twin babies, a precious boy and girl. Very quickly, however, it became apparent that their infant daughter Sallie was not well. She became increasingly listless and struggled to feed. At nine months of age, Sallie weighed just 8.8 pounds, while her twin […]
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Jane’s Heart Surgery
Agnes was speechless when doctors told her that her seemingly healthy three-year-old daughter, Jane, had a VSD heart defect. Doctors recommended waiting on surgery to see if the hole in Jane’s heart would close on its own. In the meantime, Jane lived happily in Uganda with her parents and two older brothers. Doctors kept an […]
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