Frantz is a 12-year-old boy from Haiti. He lives with his mother, younger brother, and grandparents. His mother is a medical student, and Frantz is currently in sixth grade with a similar aspiration to go to medical school and become a doctor.
Frantz was born with ventricular septal defect, a cardiac condition in which there is a hole between the heart’s two lover chambers. Blood leaks through this hole without first passing through the lungs to obtain oxygen, leaving him sickly and weak.
Have a Heart Cayman is subsidizing Frantz’s heart surgery, however he still requires overseas transport to our medical partner’s care center, Health City Cayman Islands. Our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance, is therefore requesting $1,500 to cover the costs of air transportation to the site of surgery, cardiac examinations, and medications. The treatment is scheduled to be administered on May 26 and, once complete, will greatly improve Frantz’s quality of life.
“I am excited for my surgery so that I can do anything I want without getting tired and having to sit down,” shares Frantz.