Soksamnang Vy, who turned 1 Monday, was released from Sunrise Children's Hospital in Las Vegas a day early following open-heart surgery over the weekend. The Cambodian child had a dime-sized hole in his heart. (Vanta Le/For the Long Beach Press-Telegram)SUCCESS: Cambodian boy celebrates his first birthday with release from hospital.
12/08/2008
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram (California, USA)
A Cambodian boy brought to the United States for life-altering open-heart surgery was released from the hospital a day earlier than expected and is recovering well in Las Vegas.
Soksamnang Vy, who was brought to the United States by Long Beach nonprofit Hearts Without Boundaries, celebrated his first birthday Monday with family and a host family from Las Vegas.
He is scheduled to remain in Las Vegas for the week to recuperate and undergo postoperative checkups with cardiologist William Evans and surgeon Michael Ciccolo before returning to Long Beach.
"He's doing a lot better," said cousin David Kem on Monday. "He was scheduled to be released Monday, but at 6:30(p.m. Sunday) doctors said he was ready to go."
The boy underwent surgery Thursday to repair a dime-sized ventricular septal defect, a hole in the heart.
The procedure, done at Sunrise Children's Hospital which donated its facilities and staff, is common and the defect is easily repaired in the U.S. Such surgery is unavailable to children such as Soksamnang, who lives in an impoverished village in Cambodia, because of a lack of machinery and qualified doctors.
Evans said the procedure went smoothly and expects Soksamnang, nicknamed Lucky, to live a full, healthy life.
Members of the Cambodian community in Las Vegas were gathering today for a birthday celebration for Soksamnang.
Hearts Without Boundaries will have a similar celebration with dinner and entertainment at 7 p.m., Dec. 21 at La Lune Restaurant, 1428 Atlantic Ave. Cost is $40 for the public, $30 for students with ID. Information and reservations are available by calling Peter Chhun at 818-640-6191, Tina Thuch at 562-266-6275 or David Kem at 562-544-9627.
greg.mellen@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1291
12/08/2008
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram (California, USA)
A Cambodian boy brought to the United States for life-altering open-heart surgery was released from the hospital a day earlier than expected and is recovering well in Las Vegas.
Soksamnang Vy, who was brought to the United States by Long Beach nonprofit Hearts Without Boundaries, celebrated his first birthday Monday with family and a host family from Las Vegas.
He is scheduled to remain in Las Vegas for the week to recuperate and undergo postoperative checkups with cardiologist William Evans and surgeon Michael Ciccolo before returning to Long Beach.
"He's doing a lot better," said cousin David Kem on Monday. "He was scheduled to be released Monday, but at 6:30(p.m. Sunday) doctors said he was ready to go."
The boy underwent surgery Thursday to repair a dime-sized ventricular septal defect, a hole in the heart.
The procedure, done at Sunrise Children's Hospital which donated its facilities and staff, is common and the defect is easily repaired in the U.S. Such surgery is unavailable to children such as Soksamnang, who lives in an impoverished village in Cambodia, because of a lack of machinery and qualified doctors.
Evans said the procedure went smoothly and expects Soksamnang, nicknamed Lucky, to live a full, healthy life.
Members of the Cambodian community in Las Vegas were gathering today for a birthday celebration for Soksamnang.
Hearts Without Boundaries will have a similar celebration with dinner and entertainment at 7 p.m., Dec. 21 at La Lune Restaurant, 1428 Atlantic Ave. Cost is $40 for the public, $30 for students with ID. Information and reservations are available by calling Peter Chhun at 818-640-6191, Tina Thuch at 562-266-6275 or David Kem at 562-544-9627.
greg.mellen@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1291
2 comments:
I like to thank you to all people that involve in the helping to
this baby.
May god bless you all.
May the Lord God grant good health to the mother and the child patient. May the Lord God grant you good hearted people with success and happiness in life. Thank you.
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