IN ICU AND NEEDS URGENT SURGERY
Havan is the most urgent case from the November 11 screening in Amman. He was born with transposition of the great arteries, and the cardiologist is hoping that it is not too late to switch them back to their proper places. Havan is now hospitalized in the ICU in Amman and we hope to take him to Israel as soon as he is well enough to travel.
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UNDERWENT SURGERY NOVEMBER 10
Like Tarza above, Rezhin also had a hole between the atria of her heart--now gone since her successful surgery on Monday November 10. Click here for the latest details.
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HOSPITAL STRUGGLING WITH HER ONGOING COSTS
The Tel HaShomer Medical Center has helped Alaa with multiple surgeries and treatments since August, all for one low package price. Now they're appealing to us to help with Alaa's physical therapy costs. Click here for the latest details.
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Wahag was shockingly blue at the November 11 screening, and his mother said he has been losing consciousness during cyanotic spells. This means he could die at any moment. We hope to include him in the first group to cross the Jordan during the first week of December.
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On examination Nov. 11 the Israeli cardiologist found that Donya is in heart failure due to holes between her ventricles and atria. She only weighs 12 pounds (5.5 kg). We've been asked to bring her to Israel during the first week of December.
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Elaf was singled out for urgent intervention at the November 11 screening in Amman. Her combination of heart defects is called Tetralogy of Fallot. The cardiologist isn't sure yet if she'll need one surgery or two, but the prognosis for Elaf's future after surgery is excellent.
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The large hole between the ventricles of Fanya's heart should have been closed years ago, and she could now be inoperable. The Israeli cardiologist is taking a chance that she can still be saved by bringing to Israel for catheterization to check for pulmonary hypertension. Fanya is invited to come in the first week of December.
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Azhin’s parents first took her to Tehran, Iran, but had to return home sorrowfully when the hospital asked for $20,000. On examination on Nov. 11 an Israeli cardiologist said Azhin’s surgery, repair of a hole between the atria of her heart, will be “easy.” She is invited to come to Israel in the first week of December.
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Arazoo's is being raised by a single mom, and only by God's grace has she survived this long with the heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot. She can still be cured and offered a normal life through open-heart surgery. Arazoo is invited to Israel in the first week of December.
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Omed, one of eight children of an Iraqi government worker, has a small hole between the ventricles of his heart. After examining him at the March 2008 screening in Jordan, an Israeli doctor believes that it may be possible to close the hole by placing an "umbrella" device during catheterization. We hope to bring Omed to Israel in early 2009.
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Rawa, just turned 18 years old from the north of Iraq
Rawa's father borrowed money to reach the screening by Israeli doctors in March. An attempt to close the hole in Rawa's heart through surgery in Baghdad failed in 1998, but doctors in Israel believe his heart can still be repaired. We hope to bring Rawa to Israel in early 2009.
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The Israeli cardiologist who saw Alaa in March found a huge hole between the atria of her heart. As a consequence she is having cyanotic spells which can be life-threatening. Alaa can be cured through surgery, and we hope to have her in Israel in early 2009.
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Our name Shevet Achim is taken from the Hebrew of
Psalm 133: How good and how pleasant for
brothers to dwell together
in unity...For there the LORD commanded the
blessing--life forevermore.
