Dear COL Friends,
I have some exciting news to share from Saturday’s ChangeOneLife Board meeting. The Board approved support for a new urgent medical needs case named Rebecca Abugah! Rebecca is 3 ½ years old and is the daughter of Rev. Thomas Abugah, who attends seminary with Vanessa Sharp our AIDS consultant to Kenya.
Rebecca Abugah
At the age of 2, Rebecca fell very sick in September 2009. She was admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, where several tests revealed that she had a heart problem. Then an echocardiograph scan of the heart showed that she has a hole in the heart and the right ventricle is hypertrophic. After monitoring it for some time, her doctor wrote a referral letter to see the doctors at the National Cardio-thoracic Centre of the Kole Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
After a second echocardiograph, the doctors at Kole Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra said that surgery is the only option. Rebecca is in fact in need of two surgeries. First, she will have a minor one to correct certain anomalies, followed by a major one to correct the hole in the heart. The minor surgery will cost $1,500 and the major one, to be done in one and half to two years time after the minor one will cost $6,000. The family, of course, has little means to pay for such medical expenses and is in desperate need of financial assistance.
Thanks to a generous Christmas time donation, ChangeOneLife will joyfully be able to fund this first, more minor surgery. We are very happy to offer some relief to this struggling, yet always faithful family. I will keep you updated throughout her surgery and recovery. Please keep little Rebecca and her family in your prayers through this difficult time.
Liz Rieckmann
ChangeOneLife/ Lead Blogger
*UPDATE: You can now give to help Rebecca on our website here.*
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