http://preemptivelove.org Life-saving heart surgeries for Iraqi children & cooperation between communities at odds. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Press the "forward" button above to view and read the captioned slideshow about Deelan's journey through surgery and the phone call to his daddy in Iraq that brought tears to our eyes! COPY AND PASTE THE CODE BELOW TO EMBED THIS SLIDESHOW IN YOUR OWN WEBSITE Currently set to 600 pixels ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/11/deelan-calls-daddy-in-iraq-im-coming-home/ This doesn't look like the happiest group of people, but trust us, they are! It was 6 a.m. at an airport! Few are happy in that context! It's been a great journey for Muhammed, Baroof, and Sozyar. Both Muhammed and Sozyar were "urgent." It was unclear whether Muhammed or Baroof would ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/10/three-kids-headed-home-with-happy-healthy-hearts/ When Sozyar came to our office a few weeks ago she was urgent enough for the referring organization to ask that we do everything we could to move her to the front of the line. Within two weeks she was in surgery with Dr. Sertac Cicek in Istanbul, Turkey - that ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/10/sozyars-smiles-video/ Deelan is almost like a different baby than the one we've been working with the last few months - and certainly different than the crying, uncomfortable, scared baby we brought over last Tuesday night. Deelan's surgery and his post-operative treatment with nitric oxide gas has transformed this once-uncomfortable, scared child into ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/10/deelan-discharged-from-icu-after-surgery-nitric-oxide-save-his-life/ It's possible that you had to know Baroof before his life-saving heart surgery for his rare heart condition to appreciate the joy in his step these last few days. When we met him, he was scared and downcast - being old enough to understand what was at stake if he ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/09/photo-of-the-day-baroov-is-all-smiles-after-surgery/ For more photos of the girls time in Istanbul, Turkey, please visit our Flickr site. As cute as the babies are, we do enjoy interacting with these older kids. Watching them work through their fear, and seeing them come into their own in a foreign culture, is a real joy. Plus, ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/09/sara-enjoys-a-visit-from-us-supporters-who-funded-her-surgery/ At first Baroof was a little ambivalent toward the exercises designed to improve his lung capacity and rehabilitate him after his heart surgery. As much as he wants to get back outside and play football (soccer), he has a hard time ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/08/baroof-works-his-lungs-after-discharge-from-icu/ It's amazing what a few days of nitric oxide - named the Molecule of the Year in 1992 - can do to change the life of a child. Truly GOD has an amazing world! For just $2,000 this gas treatment has taken the rising pulmonary (lung) pressure in Deelan's body ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/08/deelan-responded-well-to-the-nitric-oxide-treatment-in-icu-pressures-decreased/ Sara breezed through ICU in just 24 hours! She's now back up in her room resting, spending time with her extended family who migrated away from their tumultuous city of Kirkuk years ago currently live in Istanbul. She wasn't really feeling like any more photos... I imagine I would not have ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/07/sara-rests-in-her-room-after-surgery-quickly-discharged-from-icu/ Drs. Sertaç & Ahmet Corrected a Life-threatening Problem w/ Sara's Valve in a 4 hr. Surgery Sara's surgery was a complete success! And for a child living with a congenital heart disease for 14 years, that is no small celebration! Not every condition or child is the same, but generally speaking, ... http://preemptivelove.org/2010/03/05/saras-valve-surgery-is-a-complete-success/