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My name is Carol Wishcamper. My husband Joe and I are proud sponsors of the My Tho trip this year. This is my first exposure to an Interplast trip, and I don’t have an emotion or a nerve ending that hasn‘t been touched today. From the first moment of walking into the courtyard seeing the hundreds of people waiting at 7 am, some of whom had walked for hours and hours, even days, to get here. Little children were running forward with their mothers running behind them. Some mothers pushed their children forward so that we could see their child’s deformity, and other mothers rushing forward to pull their eager children back. The contrast of that with the solemnity of the greeting from our hosts at the hospital, with tables set up like the U.N., speeches of welcome and thanks from both sides, and lots of official ceremony, was quite stark.
her cleft lip was closed. Ihre Lippenspalte wurde geschlossen.
Have a look at the work of Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Schweiz on their Flickr-Stream: www.flickr.com/photos/cleft-kinder-hilfe-schweiz/
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
image taken at a school in india where Children that had a cleft malformation at birth can go for free. It's part of the project of the NGO Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Schweiz who is dedicated to help children with facial malformations to get medical treatment , speechtherapy and the chance to go to a good private school.
More about the help for cleft children in india and niger www.cleft-kinder-hilfe.ch
Asha
Here is my incredible journey as a congenital heart patient. I was born with four defects in the heart called tetralogy of Fallot, commonly known as “blue baby”. In the 1960s in India, open heart surgeries were unheard of. Uncorrected, this condition rarely survives into adulthood. At age 4, I had a procedure to help my blood bypass the problems in my heart, which helped me attend school. Trying my best to be “normal” despite a long “do-not-do” list, I completed high school. I had a growth spurt at age 15, and my student life came crashing down, as daily school attendance became a challenge. In 1976, I was given a 5% chance of survival for an open-heart surgery. The decision was momentous both to me and my family. The 8-hour surgery involved not only correcting the defects, but also fixing what had been done in my previous procedure. The result of the surgery was unknown for about 72 hours, but I pulled through with only a scar infection as a complication. A three month stay in the hospital was followed by a year of a salt-free diet and no school.
Having survived the open-heart surgery (called total correction), I became a medical example. My spirit demanded an unusual education. With the doctor’s permission, I opted to become a software engineer, and took up a career in information technology. I met a man who was brave enough to take me on for a spouse, and we moved to Scotland where I began a Master’s program. Thirteen years after the open-heart surgery, a new murmur led to the discovery of the results of the initial procedure coming undone. I was shuttled to Glasgow to a pediatric surgical center to fix it.
In 1992, we moved to the US and in 1997, I had a daughter – a 32 week preemie. Motherhood and pregnancy took a toll and by 2002, I began to feel breathless and exhausted. My pulmonary valve needed to be replaced. Again, it was yet another pediatric hospital and pediatric heart surgeon who fixed me. This time the survival rate given was 99% and only a week’s hospital stay!
I am one of the first groups of adults alive with this congenital heart defect. We form a new population whose healthcare needs have not yet been studied and whose prognosis and life-expectancy are still unknown. Recently, I experienced heart palpitations requiring medication to slow my heart. A new unexpected defect in the left side of the heart has also come to light, making me a “rare” case. Patients living into adulthood and their doctors now face the unknown. Stepping into the sixth decade of life, I realized that my heart will never be totally corrected. Hence, I will need life-long monitoring at a specialized health clinic. My advice to others like me is to contact specialized clinics and face the unknown together with the doctors. Public health has a very important role in helping such patients with much needed research.
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This is Carla before her surgery, a very cute three-month old with a cleft lip and palate. She received surgery yesterday for her cleft lip, and will hopefully be seen by Interplast for her palate in the future.
While this picture may be a little jarring, it really brings home for me the life-changing work of Interplast. You can really see the difference in Carla just one year later. We are so glad that her parents were happy enough with the result to entrust her with us once again.
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
The Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital has treated more than 2,950 patients with cleft lip and palate.
To learn more about the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital, visit www.stlouischildrens.org/our-services/cleft-palate-and-cr....
Here is an example of one of my cleft patients. Ortiz was born with a right
complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. This condition is more common on
the left side which makes right sided repairs more challanging. You can see
how involved the parents are in their child's care.
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
Ken
My name is Ken, and I was born in 1981 with congenital heart disease (CHD). I had my first (and, so far, only) open heart surgery at the age of eight months to correct a defect known as tetralogy of Fallot. Like many people with CHD, I thought that the surgery had fixed me, and I was lost to cardiology care as an adolescent. I am incredibly fortunate in that I have enjoyed a healthy and active life that is somewhat unusual for people with CHD. I have always loved cycling; and in 2005, I completed my first endurance ride: 2 days and 180 miles between Illinois and Wisconsin. Since then, I have continued to pursue this passion by participating in multiple endurance rides across the country, including the 7-day, 560-mile AIDS/LifeCycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 2010.
The journey continues, and I am looking forward to the ride!
Learn more about birth defects:
Disclaimer: Linking to a non-federal site does not constitute an endorsement by CDC, HHS, or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the site.
In today’s world, it is more important than ever to ensure that children in developing countries have access to a good quality education system. There are almost 35 million children that are unable to attend schools in Africa, compared to over 28 million children in Asia and rest of the world standing at 12 million. Therefore, in the third world and developing countries, education could be the key tool to break the vicious poverty cycle. Education allows people to develop the technical and leadership skills which help the poor to come out of the poverty trap.
Every child has the right to education, but many children are excluded because of high costs, language and cultural barriers, geographical remoteness, or special needs.
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust® works to ensure free and equal access to quality education at all times, including in emergencies, as well as access to learning for young people so they can reach their full potential.
In 2013, we supported 10,000 children to equip them with an education and ensure a brighter future for all.
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.
Fell is a Boypink re:Sen on a Dollstown Elf body, wearing a wig from Hasel's Aesthetics, outfit from Angel Studio. I tried editing these photos (taken in midafternoon in bright sunny Colorado) to give them a bit of a twilight vibe, since Fell's character is a night elf.
This is a photo of Helena Hellberg, entering patient information in the recovery room onto a Palm Zire 72, generously donated by Palm, Inc. last year. As a board member, I (Heidi Huntsman) was thrilled to learn that so many companies like Palm are involved with Interplast, donating valuable products and medical supplies. With the Palm Zire's, our volunteers can store important medical information to help track patients over several years and determine important trends in patient safety and quality assurance. Helena is probably entering things like the patient's name, age, iron level, medical condition, type of surgery, time under anesthesia, etc. The Palms really make it manageable to collect and organize all this information!
A team of medical volunteers from Operation Smile administer anesthesia to Ella. © Ninfa Z. Bito (_DSC0039.jpg)
To see more photos from this series please go to the OPERATION SMILE (Cebu, Feb 2007) Gallery at:
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.
In today’s world, it is more important than ever to ensure that children in developing countries have access to a good quality education system. There are almost 35 million children that are unable to attend schools in Africa, compared to over 28 million children in Asia and rest of the world standing at 12 million. Therefore, in the third world and developing countries, education could be the key tool to break the vicious poverty cycle. Education allows people to develop the technical and leadership skills which help the poor to come out of the poverty trap.
Every child has the right to education, but many children are excluded because of high costs, language and cultural barriers, geographical remoteness, or special needs.
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust® works to ensure free and equal access to quality education at all times, including in emergencies, as well as access to learning for young people so they can reach their full potential.
In 2013, we supported 10,000 children to equip them with an education and ensure a brighter future for all.
A photo of Mohammed Ali from Ethiopia. Learn more at cure.org/curekids/ethiopia/2013/09/mohammed_ali/
In today’s world, it is more important than ever to ensure that children in developing countries have access to a good quality education system. There are almost 35 million children that are unable to attend schools in Africa, compared to over 28 million children in Asia and rest of the world standing at 12 million. Therefore, in the third world and developing countries, education could be the key tool to break the vicious poverty cycle. Education allows people to develop the technical and leadership skills which help the poor to come out of the poverty trap.
Every child has the right to education, but many children are excluded because of high costs, language and cultural barriers, geographical remoteness, or special needs.
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust® works to ensure free and equal access to quality education at all times, including in emergencies, as well as access to learning for young people so they can reach their full potential.
In 2013, we supported 10,000 children to equip them with an education and ensure a brighter future for all.
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
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Carmit Bachar from the Pussycat Dolls. Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
Fell is a Boypink re:Sen on a Dollstown Elf body, wearing a wig from Hasel's Aesthetics, outfit from Angel Studio. I tried editing these photos (taken in midafternoon in bright sunny Colorado) to give them a bit of a twilight vibe, since Fell's character is a night elf.
A photo of Mohammed Ali from Ethiopia. Learn more at cure.org/curekids/ethiopia/2013/09/mohammed_ali/
There are altogether eleven Interplast team members here at the Ingenio San Antonio these days and by and by, we will introduce all of them to you. The first to be presented is one of our anesthesiologists and our team leader, Mark, who has been on more than 15 Interplast trips throughout the past 20 years. He considers this place – especially the organization, setting and team work – unusual and unique in relation to any other site he has been to with Interplast. The site provides an extremely high level of sophisticated medical care and reconstructive surgery besides a highly organized team working with Interplast. “The partnership with APROQUEN and Ingenio San Antonio” says Mark “has been a success for Interplast. They have basically achieved their goals at this site.” In future, visiting educators might be sufficient to visit the Ingenio as the team there together with APRQUEN can very well function by itself.
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
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Carmit Bachar from the Pussycat Dolls. Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
Here is an example of one of my cleft patients. Ortiz was born with a right
complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. This condition is more common on
the left side which makes right sided repairs more challanging. You can see
how involved the parents are in their child's care.
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
Our first two patients for cleft lip surgery this morning are most adorable Ana and Saida, 7 and 5 years old, respectively. Ana will have her fourth operation while it is the third for Saida. Still, both are by no means afraid of the approximately two hours surgery lying ahead of them. While Ana tells us “voy a dormir muy rico” (I am gonna take a nice nap), Saida is already looking forward to having “carne y pollo” (meat and chicken) for lunch later that day.
Fell is a Boypink re:Sen on a Dollstown Elf body, wearing a wig from Hasel's Aesthetics, outfit from Angel Studio. I tried editing these photos (taken in midafternoon in bright sunny Colorado) to give them a bit of a twilight vibe, since Fell's character is a night elf.
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
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Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles.(Operation Smile - Erin Lubin)
I think he looks like my dad in this shot.
(For those curious, yes, he's got a cleft lip and a partially cleft palate... but it's not life threatening and will be corrected with surgery after he's born.)
Have a look at the work of Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Schweiz on their Flickr-Stream: www.flickr.com/photos/cleft-kinder-hilfe-schweiz/