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News – April 2007
Dear Friends and Supporters,
This month has been fairly chaotic arranging surgeries for several children. 18 children were transported to 7 different locations for various surgeries. 2 were rejected and 3 are waiting. Please see below. We have so many people to thank this month. We deeply appreciate everyone’s contribution to help better the lives of these babies. We also truly appreciate the tender care of our nannies and volunteers towards their babies. They spent long tiring hours of travel and sleepless nights. They are very valuable members of our team.
Children who received treatment this month
Hong Kong Matilda International Hospital
Jayne: needs 3 surgeries, on her bowel and urinary system. Benjamin: needs 2 surgeries for his bladder and pelvic bones. They are both in Hong Kong.
We thank volunteers Ariel, Sylvia and Rose for caring for them, Jeff and Angie B for covering the cost of their travel and Matilda Foundation, the surgeons and staff who have made this possible by donating their time and services.
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Hong Kong Adventist Hospital
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Sting |
Sting, who was admitted to a local hospital here for a bowel surgery, had to be rushed to Hong Kong as he developed serious complications. He was stabilized in Hong Kong and has returned to us. He will need to return to Hong Kong in 3 months to have surgery again. We thank Peggy W for caring for him, the surgeons and staff of Adventist hospital and JT for covering the cost of his treatment.
Shanghai
Patrick, Wendy, and Taylor all had neurosurgery in Shanghai Children’s Medical Center with visiting UCLA surgeon, Dr Lazareff and his team in conjunction with Dr Bao and his local team in Shanghai.
We thank Dawn C (Singapore) for covering the costs for Patrick, Edward C (HK) for Wendy and Grace (Shanghai) for Taylor. Lan Jiao was also sent to SCMC for bowel surgery and we thank Love Without Boundaries for covering her costs.
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Wendy |
Taylor |
Lan Jiao |
Nanchang
Joseph, Mark, and Lucia had plastic surgery with a visiting US team (CCPF) . Costs for these three children’s surgeries have not been covered by anyone. Please see our “Needs” below.
Sara, because of the complexity of her defect, and Ronnie, because of a chest infection, were rejected. We hope to be able to arrange overseas surgery for Sara in the near future as her repair may require staged surgeries to be able to achieve a good repair.
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Joseph |
Mark |
Lucia |
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Sara |
Ronnie |
Luoyang
Cindy, Julie and Samuel, from both our Special Care Units, had one-time-only neurosurgeries to close their spinal defects in the hope that they will survive even though their long term prognosis may not be good. We feel that we should at least try to save them and hope for the best.
Daniel is waiting for his surgery. No one has sponsored their surgeries Please see “Needs” below.
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Cindy |
Julie |
Samuel |
Daniel |
Hangzhou
| Charles, who has a complex heart defect, was sent to Hangzhou. He has been investigated and he will be able to have surgery when he is eight months old. |  |
Charles |
Hangzhou
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Sarah |
Sarah arrived in Los Angeles and has been seen by the transplant team there. The good news is that her transplant can probably wait till after her adoption is finalized, but if there is any need to bring it forward everything is in place to save her.
We thank Gregg and Cindy M for their astounding generosity towards making this happen. Sarah is safe with her parent-to-be for the moment.
We thank Marty and Jennifer D for providing her airfare and Marsha M for taking time away from her family to accompany Sarah to the US.
Hope Healing Home Shun Yi, Beijing
The babies
Timmy awaits final approvals for heart surgery in Singapore which we hope will be finalized early next month. We thank Sally A for covering the cost of his airfare, and Susan S for coming all the way from the UK to care for him in Singapore.
Maggie and Ellen have been returned to their orphanage. Their surgeries have been completed.
Fu Xi still awaits surgery and we thank Teresa and TW L for their generous contribution to his medical expenses.
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Timmy |
Maggie |
Ellen |
Fu Xi |
We thank Beijing United Family Hospital for the loan of their expert Infectious Diseases nurse Zhang, who came and gave a talk to our staff about hepatitis and how to handle children with these illnesses. This talk was very well attended by all our staff who asked relevant questions.
Love Without Boundaries Shun Yi Outreach Foster Program
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Leiah Faith |
Leiah Faith has been moved to a new local foster family who has qualified to be part of our team and she is doing well so far.
We currently have 17 babies out in foster care in our local village.
NHF Special Care Unit, Jiaozuo, Henan Province (12 beds)
All beds here are full as usual. We thank Richard S and Lesley W for their willingness to come back and serve.
NHF Special Care Unit, Luoyang, Henan Province (45 beds)
All beds here are full, too. We thank Maureen, Rose and Clara for serving here. We have just replaced the orphanage elevator which was 10 years old and not functioning very well, with a brand new one. We thank JT for his generosity.
Heartbridge Rehabilitation Unit
Xi Jia Mei, Yang Niu Niu and Huai Chun Xiao (all from different orphanages in Anhui Province), and Han Niu Niu (from Henan Province) have been admitted to this unit this month.
All of them are in need of specialized care.
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Xi Jia Mei |
Yang Niu Niu |
Huai Chun Xiao |
Han Niu Niu |
Our Most Sincere Thanks To
- We are deeply grateful to all the people mentioned above for their generous contributions that have allowed these children to receive the care they need. Many doctors, nurses and other medical professionals have not been mentioned by name but we owe than gratitude as well. The children received the best care possible in their hands..
- A special “thank you” to SKF and their employees for their generous donation.
- We thank the Commonwealth Women’s Group for visiting and bringing so many useful donations.
- A very special thank you to Toby and Melissa’s Matthew 6:20 Foundation which has allowed us to employ medical staff to enable us to expand this work. We will mention this more in future newsletters as we have just begun this process.
Our Needs
Medical fund: This fund still seems to be our greatest need at the moment. If anyone would like to sponsor these children below for their surgeries please let us know. The cost is approximately US $650 each.
Joseph, Mark and Lucia’s surgeries have been sponsored.
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Lucia |
Cindy |
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Julie |
Samuel |
Daniel |
With our deepest gratitude,
Joyce and Robin Hill
“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
– Dr Loretta Scott
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