Joseph Accepted for Heart Surgery--April 2012

 

Joseph–April 26, 2012 (Photo by John Carroll)

 

 

On April 26, 2012, we received more good news.

 

Haitian Hearts patient Joseph was accepted by CHADASHA for heart surgery.

 

I examined Joseph for the first time in February 2012 in the pediatric clinic in Soleil.

 

Joseph has congestive heart failure and constant respiratory tract infections due to a hole in his heart (ventricular septal defect).

 

In clinic this week Joseph weighed 19 pounds and is now 23 months old. He and his mom live in a tent in Port-au-Prince.

 

I continued him on his furosemide and we started work on his passport.

 

John A. Carroll, MD

www.haitianhearts.org


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