http://preemptivelove.org Life-saving heart surgeries for Iraqi children & cooperation between communities at odds. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:02:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Daryn Kagan spent over a decade as a CNN anchor and now heads her own media group in addition to contributing to other shows like Oprah Radio. After watching Daryn's story on the Preemptive Love Coalition be sure to check out the rest of her site and all the encouraging ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/07/02/media-coverage-of-plc-by-former-cnn-anchor-oprah-radio-host-daryn-kagan/ Shad Faraydoon always stood a chance of being healed. Unfortunately, every day that went by throughout his ten year life was a day that further diminished his heart’s capacity to function on its own and oxygenate his blood. By the time the Preemptive Love Coalition met Shad he was ten ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/29/intro-the-shad-faraydoon-memorial-fund-50k-to-fund-10-infant-surgeries/ Yesterday, PLC Family Advocates and Summer Interns visited Ranu, one of our heart surgery kids from February. She looks so different, we almost didn’t recognize her! Not only does she have a new hair cut, but she looks much healthier. While we were there, she was running and playing, which ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/29/ranu-giving-others-rides-on-her-bike-after-her-successful-february-surgery/ Yesterday, PLC Family Advocates and Summer Interns went to visit Bruska. Bruska was all smiles while we were there. She really wants to go to school next year with her older sister. You can tell she really loves her family and that she enjoys being around people. As our physical ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/27/bruska-ready-for-school-in-the-fall-after-successful-heart-surgery-last-january/ Yesterday, PLC Family Advocates and Summer Interns visited Roshna, a sixteen year old girl who had heart surgery in February, who seems to be doing well. When asked about how she now feels post-surgery, she says that her lips no longer turn blue from lack of oxygen and she is able ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/26/roshna-surprises-all-by-passing-her-classes-in-spite-of-many-absences-prior-to-surgery/ PLC interns and Family Advocates met with Aria and his family last Thursday. Oh, the hospitality of this wonderful family! Aria is 3 years old, has Down Syndrome, and has survived a heart surgery - yet is one of the happiest little guys we've met here. Although his heart was ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/25/aria-is-the-happiest-guy-in-town-a-year-after-heart-surgery/ On May 22, 2009, the Preemptive Love Coalition unveiled IRAQ - THE FORGOTTEN STORY at our inaugural event outside London, England. The Forgotten Story features the work of 6 Iraqi artists and tells the story of life in Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Regime through their eyes. The above video was ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/18/report-on-iraq-the-forgotten-story-art-show-in-uk-beyond-video/ On Wednesday of last week PLC Family Advocates and our summer interns were blessed with the opportunity to see little Heran less than 24 hours after she arrived back in her home city. She and her family were beaming with gratitude as she was passed from lap to lap of ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/17/heran-full-of-energy-center-of-attention-back-in-iraq/ After having one of the most difficult heart surgeries seen by PLC last March, one-year-old Lawaran is showing continual signs of improvement. He has grown significantly, has much more color in his skin and is finally developing the muscles and coordination to roll over. His big eyes and gleeful ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/16/lawaran-rolling-over-growing-significantly-3-months-post-op/ When some of PLC's summer interns visited Roman he was riding around on his little bicycle and walking in and out of the room to see what was going on - just a little over two weeks after his life-saving heart surgery. His family was very hospitable! Except for a ... http://preemptivelove.org/2009/06/15/the-smile-of-a-life-changed-roman-at-home-with-dad/