Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam

by MEDRIX
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Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Life-Changing Heart Surgeries for Kids in Vietnam
Little Hung 2 days after surgery gaining strength!
Little Hung 2 days after surgery gaining strength!

Being grateful is both a state of the mind and the amazing opportunity to give thanks for the ‘little’ and the “big” happenings in our lives.  Have you had such a happening in your life recently?   Let me share with you a short story about two little baby boys, Hung and Tu.  Hung was nearly two when his parents were told he had a hole in his heart.  They were so poor they could not afford the surgery. 

And Tu was just born when his parents were informed that he had a severe deformity in his heart.  The devastation for the parents was great!    

But there is a good part of these little boys’ stories!  The doctors who found the heart abnormalities also knew of MEDRIX organization.  MEDRIX has helped over 174 parents and little patients just like Hung and Tu.  MEDRIX provides life saving heart surgery for children whose parents could not afford such a miracle for their child.  Hung and Tu will only know the stories of why they have scars on their handsome little chests.  And like over 174 families of children with life-saving heart surgery, their parents thanked MEDRIX and persons like you for giving them a chance to see their little guys grow strong and healthy.    

Join us and others to give what you can so the number of children who need lifesaving heart surgery will continue to be strong and courageous.  Thank you!  Over 174 parents and their children thank you!  MEDRIX thanks you for joining us to provide many more needed life-saving heart surgeries for children in Vietnam!  

Little Tu is resting and awake after his surgery.
Little Tu is resting and awake after his surgery.
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MEDRIX is celebrating the completion of Life-Saving- Heart Surgeries for children in need during the year of 2022.    Now we look forward to the year, 2023, the “Year of the Cat” in Vietnam.  It is MEDRIX understanding that the cat symbolizes perseverance, patience, thinking ahead and starting to do something with perseverance to complete the task.   MEDRIX’s determination is continues to assist in sponsoring additional children needing lifesaving heart surgery!  And with your help we can do this!   Congenital, (genetic) heart disease globally is the number one abnormality for children. 

MEDRIX thanks you, our donors for your help over the years in sponsoring many children for surgery.   And we look forward to having your partnership 2023.   Now back to the Cat:   It is the time of 2023 Lunar New Year celebrated globally by approximately 4 ½ billion people.   It is a time of year of great gatherings of family, former and current teachers, and friends.  Families have the tradition to gather and share yummy food and fun celebrations together.  There are community gatherings, parades, and pink or yellow blooming bougainvillea’s trees or branches to decorate the streets, homes, schools, businesses, and hotels.  Bright red banners blow in the breeze to greet all who come and go.  Another fun tradition is to give children a bright red envelope with a ‘little money’ in it.  No matter the amount placed in the envelope, the custom is a joyful one for the children.   MEDRIX wants to thank you for your donations both large and small.  No matter if it is in a red envelope or a gracious donation ‘on line’, we thank you.    You can make 2023 a year of hope and promise for the parents of children with life threating heart defects.  Fill this new year with the joy of knowing you have brought joy to yourself and hope to others by assisting in the sponsorship for a child in urgent need of lifesaving heart surgery!  Be a Cat…Join us today in helping with a donation for Life-Saving heart surgery for children. 

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Look at me!  I'm getting better.
Look at me! I'm getting better.

Wonderful news even when the world has severe problems!   MEDRIX thanks you our donors for your generosity!  Four new patients with their children who have heart defects will recieve the gift of life because of generous donors!  We thank you for the top and the ‘bottom of our hearts!”   Wonderful outcomes are so encouraging to parents who have worried about their child’s future.  Just look at little who is just joyful because he feels so much better.  What a joy! 

In the month of October several more children will recieve life saving heart surgery.  It is always a thrill for MEDRIX teams to meet and assist in the charty departments of our wonderful partners and heart teams in Vietnam.  Often the parents shed tears of mixed joy and anxieties before surgery, and after surgery there are often tears of joy and eager anticiipation for a good future for their sweet children!   We share with the parents how many people, just like you have given so their child has the opportunity to heal and live life to their individual capacity!   

Thank you for joining us today..  Your donation allows children to have a wonderful chance at life!  

It was tough but I'm Feeling Better
It was tough but I'm Feeling Better
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Ms. Happy, not so happy, but healthy
Ms. Happy, not so happy, but healthy

Amazing partners!  We thank you.   Can you imagine, one hundred and sixty-seven families than you for giving their children a new chance at life?  Yep, yes, indeed, 167 children have received sponsorship from people just like you.   We at MEDRIX are thankful, humbled, and grateful for your partnership. 

Now, today we have 10 more children who need life saving heart surgery.  You can be a partner Make your mark toward 177 children.  It costs about $500 - $700 to change a child’s life forever.  Do you have to give the whole amount?  Nope, you can contribute any amount you feel is appropriate, it is up to you.  

This is how it works:

  • Very needy families whose children require lifesaving heart surgery are identified by medical heart specialists
  • The pre-surgery clinical and personal support documents are gathered by the Medical Centers MEDRIX works with in Vietnam… and the medical center requests sponsorship for the child’s surgery and recovery
  • The children are checked in the hospital
  • Surgery is completed by pediatric cardiac surgeons who work daily children who have heart abnormalities.  
  • The limited insurance available is applied and
  • MEDRIX donors assist in supporting the needed surgeries. 
  • You as a donor are receipted for you donations. 
  • The money does not go to the child’s family, it goes directly for the child’s surgery and recovery days in ICU or CCU. 
  • After the recovery period the child returns home with their parents to start a new healthier life!

That’s it!   Thank you for your donation, the parents of the kids thank you and the children will have a long life and hear the story about how generous people supported their heart surgery. 

You are a hero!   MEDRIX thanks you and the families are forever grateful for this new opportunity for their child to have a normal life.

Trang's our guy!
Trang's our guy!
Look, I'm feeling better...Thanks!
Look, I'm feeling better...Thanks!
I'm trying to catch up on my sleep and get better.
I'm trying to catch up on my sleep and get better.

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So Glad You Helped Me!

Life Saving Heart Surgery for children is a continuing need.  Even during this extended period of Covid the reality remains - Children are born with heart abnormalities!  These children have needs for life-saving surgical interventions.   MEDRIX is honored to be a part of these rescuing interventive surgeries.  Join us in saving kids’ lives!   Join us in celebration of new opportunities for these children to life normal lives!  

Thank you, for your participation in helping sweet kids become health kids!    100 % of what MEDRIX receives is used to enable these surgeries.  Your participation is more than appreciated it is literally ‘saving lives’.  

I'm here!  Celebrate!
I'm here! Celebrate!
Yeah for You!  Yeah for Me!!  Yeah for Surg - ery!
Yeah for You! Yeah for Me!! Yeah for Surg - ery!
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