Ketchina is an eight-year-old girl who lives with her parents and two sisters in Haiti. She is in the third grade and enjoys drawing and playing with dolls.
Ketchina was born with tricuspid atresia, a type of congenital heart disease in which her heart only has three valves instead of four. This prevents oxygen-rich blood from properly circulating throughout her body, leaving her sick and short of breath.
Our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance, is requesting $1,343 to cover the cost of Ketchina’s air transportation to her surgery, which is scheduled to take place on July 5. Once there, Ketchina will receive the treatment that she needs and will hopefully be able to live more comfortably.
“I will be glad for the surgery to be over so that we can let Ketchina go to school and play with her friends without worrying about her,” says Ketchina’s mother.