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
1) 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. .
2)
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital:
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.
3) 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 LWB for covering her costs.
4)
Nanchang:
Joseph, Mark, and Lucia
had plastic surgery with a visiting US team ( CCPF)
. Costs for these 3 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.
5)
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.
6) 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 8 months old.
7) Los Angeles
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 here 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.
1)Hope Healing Home Shunyi, Beijing
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.
We
thank Beijing United 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.
2) Love Without Boundaries Shunyi Outreach Foster Program.
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.
3) HFH 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.
4) HFH 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.
5) 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.
Our Most Sincere Thanks;
1)
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.
2)
A special “thank you” to SKF and their employees for their
generous donation.
3)
We thank the Commonwealth Women’s Group for visiting and
bringing so many useful donations.
4)
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
$2000 each.
“We can't help
everyone, but everyone can help someone."
Dr. Loretta Scott
With
our deepest gratitude
Joyce and Robin
Hill
Dr Joyce Hill
MBBS FRACGP
Director
Hope Foster Home
97 Center st
Guo Jia Wu Village
Bei Wu Township
Shunyi District
Beijing 101300
People's Republic of China
www.hopefosterhome.com
Mobile 13801351244
