Sandra is a student from Haiti. She lives with her parents and four siblings in Gonaives, a city on the northwest coast of Haiti. She is in the third grade and like going to school and church. Sandra has a cardiac condition called ventricular septal defect. A hole exists between the two lower chambers of her heart. Blood leaks through this hole without first passing through her lungs to obtain oxygen, leaving her weak and short of breath.
To determine if Sandra’s condition is operable, she must undergo a diagnostic cardiac catheterization, a procedure that is not available in Haiti. During the procedure, a catheter probe will be inserted into her heart to perform the necessary measurements and tests. On January 21, she will travel to the Dominican Republic to receive the scan at our medical partner’s care center, Clinica Corominas.
Our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance, is asking for $1,500 to cover the costs of Sandra’s travel expenses, catheterization procedure, and lab work.
She says, “I want to say thank you to everyone who is helping me to get better!”