Name

Savanna

Age

17 months

Condition

Congenital Cataracts

Location

Mid-South

Special attributes

The lenses of her eyes have been removed by Dr. Mary Ellen Hoehn at the Hamilton Eye Institute , Division of UT Memphis and she is under their care. She wears heavy glasses to act as her eye lens until she can have surgery to have artificial lenses surgically implanted.

Savanna and her mother will be presented at the March 22, 2009 Grande Dame High Tea.

At the August 9, 2009 tea, Savanna had new glasses that the Tiara Tea Society had provided. Her new prescription gave her the confidence to start walking for the first time. Savanna turned 2 years old shortly after the tea.

Sufficient monies were raised for Savanna at the November 15, 2009 Tea to supply her with visionary help for the next several years.

Name

Enhui Liu

Age

19 months

Condition

Congenital Heart Defect

Country of Origin

China

City of Origin

Qingshui River approximately 2-hours from Hohhot

Siblings

One sister

Special attributes

Enhui Liu was referred to the 1st Affiliated Hospital Inner Mongolia Medical Center in April of 2008 for evaluation of possible congenital heart disease.  At 10-months of age, she went to her local hospital with breathing problems.  In January of 2008, the parents were told that Enhui had a "heart problem" and that she would heart surgery to help her breathe better.

Enhui was the first surgery of the Inaugural ICHF trip to Hohhot.  Her operation was performed Monday, September 22nd.  Later that evening she was awake and eating.  She walked out of the ICU on Tuesday and was able to return home that Friday where she was reunited with her sister and family who can start to manage their farm again.  The mother and father were both surprised and tearful when told this news and were delighted that she will be free to live a full life again and to breathe normally.

Parents:

name unavailable

Surgery Date:

Successful now home recovering!

Name

Merlyn Munoz

Age

2 years

Condition

Congenital Heart Defect

Country of Origin

Dominican Republic

City of Origin

Los Planitos – near Santiago

Siblings

none

Special attributes

Madeline found out about the organization, International Children’s Heart Foundation through Dr Ramirez. Before surgery, Merlyn suffered from extreme fatigue. Her favorite TV shows are Winnie the Pooh, Dora and Hello Kitty. Merlyn loves to play with her mother’s makeup, walk around in high heels and comb anyone’s hair who will let her in the beauty shop that her mother works in. Merlyn’s mother’s wish for her is to go to school, have a long life and to become a writer.

Merlyn’s mother wishes to thank the Tiara Tea Society for sponsoring Merlyn’s operation and for giving her a tiara.

Parents:

Mother - Madeline Victor

Surgery Date:

Successful now home recovering!

Name

Alexandra Bogomolova

Age

1 year 2 months

Condition

Congenital Heart Defect

Country of Origin

Belarus

City of Origin

Grodna

Siblings

1 Sister age 7

Special attributes

Prefers use of her diminutive nickname Sasha, and will say to you if you call her Alexandra, "My NAME is Sasha", Adores mother and likes to dress like mother. You will notice she has an unusual face, no specific syndrome has been identified

Parents:

Mother is 27, father is 53

Surgery Date:

February 2008 - Successful now home recovering!

Name

Rasheda

Age

2 years

Condition

Congenital Heart Defect

Country of Origin

Afghanistan

City of Origin

Mazar-e Sharif

Siblings

None

Special attributes

In May 2007, the ICHF received an email from a US Navy officer stationed at Camp Mike Spann in Afghanistan. LT Jobe Galli was searching for help for his Afghani interpreter’s young son, Hibrahim, who had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect at 18 months old. Without surgery, Hibrahim’s condition was terminal because there are no doctors in that area capable of performing the necessary surgery.

Saving Hibrahim's life was critical to LT Galli because his own son had a similar defect and received live saving surgery when he was only eight days old. Hibrahim received his operation on Friday, June 22, 2007. Getting this child’s operation took a collaborative effort by US military personnel, friends all over the world, the ICHF volunteer medical team, and Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Now, LT Galli and his fellow Navy officers are asking for help again with another child that has a congenital heart defect. Rasheda is a two year old little girl from Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. She is Hibrahim’s cousin.

Her condition is also terminal unless she gets the necessary surgery.
 

The Tiara Tea Society will collaborate with the US military in Afghanistan and the International Children’s Heart Foundation to provide Rasheda with the life-saving surgery she needs.
 

To learn more about ICHF and their important work, please visit www.BabyHeart.org.