We are so pleased to announce our first patient, 25 year old Aline has been moved out of the ICU and into the Stepdown ward. Aline lives in an orphanage in Nyanza Province where many of our other patients have lived. In the picture she is with our nurses Hillary from Minnesota, Molly from Vermont and Beatha from Rwanda.
Last year we were able to perform surgery on fifteen year old Redempta. Because of the poor living conditions and the need for the patients to stay on blood thinners, her Mother felt she could not properly care for her. Now, a year later Redempta is thriving; she is healthy and happy and yes, as her Mother had hoped, through an educational scholarship is living with our nurse practitioner Julie's family. This year Redempta is here with us in Rwanda to offer encouragement to others who are facing valve replacement surgery.
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