Tamarre is a toddler from Haiti. She lives with her parents and two older brothers in a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. She likes coloring and playing with dolls. Tamarre has a cardiac condition called ventricular septal defect and pulmonary hypertension. A hole exists between the two lower chambers of her heart.
To determine if Tamarre’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 December 19, 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 Tamarre’s travel expenses, catheterization procedure, and lab work.
Her mother says, “We are all praying for a good outcome from this procedure!”