Deelan is Taken in for Time-Sensitive Surgery

March 3, 2010 by Jeremy · Leave a Comment

Deelan and his mom were a little unnerved this morning as they waited - and were eventually taken in to the operating room - for Deelan’s surgery to repair the massive hole in his heart and thereby decrease the life-threatening pressures in his lungs.

Meanwhile, back in Iraq, Deelan’s family waits with a lot of anxiety over the next few hours. This thing they’ve been longing for; this thing they’ve been working for - this surgery - is now a great unknown. It still stands as a beacon of hope for them, but now that it’s upon them, the realities of the risks set in in a way that was previously unknown and unanticipated.

Deelan should be out of surgery in 4-5 hours. More to come…

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Filed under: Anadolu Sağlık Merkezi, Deelan Kameran, Heart Surgery, News, Our Kids, Partnerships, Peacemaking, VSD, high pulmonary pressure, pulmonary hypertension, surgery updates
Tagged: deelan kameran, hypertension, VSD

Zana Plays Football Two Months After Returning From ♥ Surgery

June 2, 2009 by Jeremy · Leave a Comment

In February Zana entered the Anadolu Sağlık Merkezi hospital in Istanbul, Turkey and underwent one of the most amazing, dangerous heart surgeries out there. Today, thanks to our partners at Kurdistan Save the Children, all of your kind Buy Shoes. Save Lives. purchases, and donations to PLC he is playing football like all the other kids in his neighborhood with barely a care in the world.

All these pictures are courtesy of the wonderful pro bono photographer Matt Addington and PLC’s Followthrough program, whereby we make sure that kids are not sent to surgery only to return to Iraq and be forgotten.

Filed under: Our Kids, Partnerships, VSD, Volunteers, ZanaTofiq, surgery updates
Tagged: hypertension, VSD, Zana