Lifesaving Nitric Oxide Fund To Reduce Pulmonary Hypertension In addition to being a by-product of cigarette smoke and rush hour traffic, nitric oxide is used in pediatric intensive care. The inner lining of blood vessels uses nitric oxide to signal the surrounding smooth muscle to relax, thereby increasing blood flow. By dilating the veins there is less blood returned to the heart, thereby decreasing the heart's work. We've been using this frequently after surgery with our kids and it has been critical to our lifesaving work. Please give today to ensure that these surgeries are not in vain - that we are able to deal with both the cause and the effects of congenital heart disease in these dear Iraqi children. Molecule of the Year (1992) - Nitric Oxide

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One Degree of Separation from the President’s Wife

July 15, 2007 by Jeremy 

Today Buy Shoes. Save Lives. was just one degree of separation away from the First Lady of Iraq. This is one very good thing about media here: if you know someone high up at a media office, they are inherently close to the most important people in the country.

So today we pitched Buy Shoes. Save Lives. to two different people who “know” the First Lady. I leave it up to you to guess what that actually means for us. I currently have no idea.

The First Lady is well-known for her organization, Save the Children. It was all but guaranteed that she could at least expedite the visa process for children we send abroad. That is no small thing, as we currently know of two children who need medical care but are held up in process for a visa.

But there’s also potentially funding available - and I’m hopeful she would like the idea of us creating one of the first non-oil Iraqi exports.

So, if you are one who prays, please do so tonight, asking God to make this a networking opportunity that does not fall flat in the Iraqi dust. We admit that we are nobodies, know no one, and need as much help as we can get. Therefore, we hope to close the last degree of separation and get some sort of underwriting for our attempts to help Iraqi children.

Thanks.

Jeremy and Cody

Jeremy Courtney lives and loves in Iraq as a co-founder and Executive Director of the Preemptive Love Coalition. He's also the father of two spectacular children, and married to the lovely Jessica Courtney. When not absorbed in PLC work he can be found writing songs and singing about hope and future.

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