Kendory was born with a cardiac condition called ventricular septal defect, in which a hole exists between the two lower chambers of his heart. Blood flows through the hole in his heart without first passing through the lungs to get oxygen, leaving him sickly and short of breath. Kendory also has Down syndrome.
To find out if the condition would be operable, Kendory first had to travel to Dominican Republic for a cardiac catheterization; the results of this procedure were positive, so he can now proceed to have surgery. Kendory lives in Port-au-Prince with his mother, father, and older sister and brother. His father sells cell phones, and his mother stays home with the children. He is a happy child and very curious about everything around him.
$1,500 in Watsi funding, and an additional $10,000 subsidy from Have a Heart Cayman Islands will fund the life-saving heart surgery that Kendory needs to grow up healthy.
“We are very happy that Kendory is able to have surgery,” his mother shared, “and we would like to say thank you to everyone who is helping him get better!”