Ly Heng is a four-year-old boy from Cambodia. He is an only child, and enjoys playing with his toys, sleeping, and watching television.
Ly Heng’s arm was internally rotated during a difficult birth. He has been diagnosed with a brachial plexus injury on his right side. The brachial plexus is a nerve network that transmits signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. Injuries to this nerve network can result in loss of function and sensation. He has a difficult time extending his wrist and elbow.
Ly Heng traveled to our medical partner’s care center to receive treatment. On August 14, he will undergo a brachial plexus repair surgery. After recovery, Treatment will help to repair the damaged nerves in his wrist and allow him to regain movement in his arm. Our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre, is requesting $637 to fund this procedure.
“I hope that my son’s surgery will go well and that his injury will heal and he will look and move like normal,” says his mother.