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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Meet Taban

February 10, 2009 by Ruth 

Two days ago Erin & I made a trip about an hour out of the city to visit Taban in her village. Taban is 13 years old, she’s the youngest of 8 siblings! Taban’s a sweet but shy girl. Her family live on a small wheat farm. When you walk out of the back of their house all you see are fields all around, very different from the city where we are living. Taban helped her older sister and her mom serve us drinks. We ended up having lunch with them too as they said that they couldn’t let us leave without feeding us! Her family can hardly believe that the time has finally come for her to have her heart surgery. She said that she’s not afraid and is looking forward to having a good heart.

Taban leaves along with 3 other kids on Sunday morning - Hunyar, Ranu and Ahmed. Taban and her mom, who will accompany her, haven’t spent much time out of their small village so I think that seeing the sites of Istanbul could be quick a shock for them! I’ll blog again soon to keep you updated on her progress.

Ruth Simpson is a Family Advocate for the Preemptive Love Coalition in Iraq and a certified physio-therapist. Ruth also hails from Ireland, though she's slowly losing her amazing accent amongst all the Americans. When not sharing her life with PLC's kids in Iraq, she's most often serving some other constituent group with her rehabilitative skills and compassion.

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