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82nd CHILD HELPED BY HKIE

10/23/2015

This is Ailyn, a 17 month old little girl (also pictured with mom, Maria and
Dr.Juan Jose Diaz of Hospital Del Rio.)

Ailyn was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (cancer of the eye) at 4 months and at 7 months the doctors removed her left eye. She began 9 months of chemotherapy and radiation! Thankfully she is now cancer free.

Unfortunately, her mother could not afford any corrective or implant surgery after the illness. Dr Pablo Javier Salamea Molina scheduled an appointment for today with Dr Juan Jose Diaz, an eye surgeon at Hospital Del
Del Rio.

After speaking with Dr Pablo and learning about HKIE, Dr Juan Jose will do the surgery at no charge..HKIE will pay for the hospital costs and the prosthetic eye..

Following some follow up tests this coming week, the doctors will perform the surgery to give this beautiful little girl a matching prosthetic eye.

Maria, Ailyn mother ,is amazed how quickly she was able to get an appointment at Hospital Del Rio and is beyond graterful that Ailyn will soon have her surgery.

More to follow as miracles happen.....

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HOPE FOR A NEW LIFE

10/18/2015

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This is Jessica.. the 12 year old girl born with a severe cleft palate...At an early age she realized people could not understand her when she spoke,,,Understandably, she was embarrassed by this and simply chose not to speak in public...

Jessica is scheduled to have her corrective surgery on Nov 7th. The surgery will be performed by Dr Pablo Javier Salamea Molina.

After she heals from the surgery, Jessica will began intensive speech surgery to learn how to speak clearly..

HKIE will support Jessica every step of the way!

A huge thanks to our HKIE supporters for giving young Jessica the chance to lead a normal life!

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GUALACEO MISSION

10/18/2015

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Just returned from the Gualaceo public hospital with Dr Pablo Pablo Javier Salamea Molina, accompanied by his assistants Dr Valeria and Dr Veronica.

This was a Rostros Felices- Cuenca and HKIE mini medical mission. Today Dr Pablo interviewed the potential patients and set up the surgeries. Pablo will perform 15 surgeries on three different Saturdays from now til the first weekend in December.

These surgeries will be free of charge to the families....the hospital is donating the facility, Dr. Pablo and his team are donating their services, the Queen of Gualaceo, Angela, will set everything up with the families.

HKIE will fund any needed tests or medical services needed..Any CT scans needed will be .done at Hospital Del Rio in Cuenca and paid for by HKIE..

The surgeries will range from repairing severely burned legs, severe facial scar, malformed and missing ears, immobile and extra fingers and cleft palates.

Perhaps the saddest child (yet happy to finally be getting surgical help) is Jessica, a 12 year old girl with a severe cleft palate. This prevents her from being able to speak clearly, so many years ago she decided to quit speaking! The palate can be repaired and she will receive much needed speech therapy to blossom into the beautiful young girl she truly is.

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Today's Surgery

10/16/2015

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ANOTHER CHILD HELPED THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP OF HKIE AND ROSTROS FELICES-CUENCA,.

This is Cecelia, a darling 4 year old from Paute. She was very excited to be having her cleft lip fixed by Dr Pablo Javier Salamea Molina this morning at Hospital Del Rio.

Thanks to all our supporters, she can have a normal life!
We will post her follow up picture in a week or so.