December 7, 2020
Puthi is an eight-year-old boy from Cambodia. He’s a student in 3rd grade and enjoys reading books. His father is a chef and his mother sells items at the local market. Puthi has one younger brother who he enjoys playing football with.
In July 2020, Puthi had a relentless nosebleed. His family sought medical help and the only solution was continually packing Puthi’s nose with gauze. This stopped the bleeding but a piece of gauze was left inside the nose and two days later the area began swelling from his nose to his left eye. He was referred to a government hospital to rule out a blood disease. He underwent surgery to remove the gauze, and testing ruled out blood diseases but the left side of his face is still very swollen.
When Puthi’s family learned about our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre, they traveled there hoping for treatment. On December 7th, surgeons at CSC will perform a debridement procedure to treat his nose and lower eyelid. Now, Puthi’s family needs help to fund this $273 procedure. They are hopeful that he will be better soon.
Puthi is an eight-year-old boy from Cambodia. He's a student in 3rd grade and enjoys reading books. His father is a chef and his mother sell...
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January 6, 2021
Puthi underwent facial surgery.
Puthi and his parents traveled to our medical partner CSC where surgeons performed a complex procedure designed to remove the osteonecrosis of the maxilla on Puthi’s face and close his skin defect. Our partner shared that Puthi was a brave boy during all of this and was in a lot of pain when he came to the hospital.
After treatment and a course of antibiotics to reduce the risk of infection, he is already feeling better. At a later date, specialty surgeons may need to perform an orbital reconstruction, but right now he is happy to be home with no more nose bleeds.
His parents were grateful for his treatment and his mom shared, “I am happy after surgery was successful and I hope life will better if it stops the infection and closes the wound.”
Puthi and his parents traveled to our medical partner CSC where surgeons performed a complex procedure designed to remove the osteonecrosis ...
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