Please help the baby who needs urgent heart surgery.
(Baonghean) -Luong Thi Lan Anh, 4 years old, in Pieng O village, Nga My commune, Tuong Duong district, was brought to Nghe An Children's Hospital by her family on April 4 in a state of heart failure. X-ray results showed that Lan Anh had an enlarged heart, congested lungs, a large ventricular septal defect on echocardiography, and severe pulmonary hypertension.
Lan Anh is 4 years old but weighs less than 9kg.
The child's parents are Luong Van Ly and Luong Thi Hong, Thai ethnic people in a mountainous commune in Tuong Duong district. The family only grows 2 sao of upland rice. They are poor, so even though they knew that the child had congenital heart disease when he was 1 year old, they had to stay home to take care of him. Recently, the child has shown signs of frequent coughing, high fever, poor appetite, fatigue, poor health, shortness of breath, purple lips when moving a lot, and slow weight gain. The family took the child to Tuong Duong General Hospital for examination and found out that the child's condition was in a serious stage. If he did not receive timely surgery, he would die within the next 30 days. Doctor Tran Duc Luong, who directly treated Lan Anh, said: "Lan Anh has congenital heart disease with severe pulmonary hypertension and stage 2 malnutrition. Although she is 4 years old, she weighs less than 9kg. We are using medication to reduce pulmonary artery pressure to maintain her health and prevent her from developing fixed pulmonary hypertension, which will be beyond saving. She needs urgent surgery.
Lan Anh is currently receiving treatment to maintain her health at Hue Central Hospital. If she does not have surgery soon, Lan Anh's heart will stop beating forever.
Mrs. Lo Thi Hoan, Lan Anh's grandmother, sadly said: "Her parents only work on 2 sao of rice fields, not enough to eat, knowing that she has been sick for 3 years now but do not have money to take her to the hospital for treatment. Hearing the doctor say that she needs surgery makes me choke, I do not know how much money it will cost but her parents do not have a single dong, where can we borrow?". Lan Anh's family really needs the attention and support of the community.
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