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Soldiers with heart.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
When seven-year-old Kadhem Kathem was examined at the hospital at Tallil Air Force Base near Nasiriyah, Iraq, his lips were bluish from lack of oxygen in his blood, and he was too weak to go to school or play. He had suffered from a heart defect since birth, and his condition was worsening.
Kadhem and his mother met with Major Brian Stevens of the Fort Worth-based 56th Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Texas National Guard. Major Stevens gave Kadhem's medical records to a staff cardiologist, who evaluated Kadhem and determined he needed help urgently. He had been born with a heart defect called Double Outlet Right Ventricle, or DORV, in which the aorta is connected to the wrong ventricle, and there's a hole between the right and left ventricles.
The military cardiologist searched the Internet and located Dr. Charles Fraser, Jr., chief of heart surgery at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, the nation's largest pediatric hospital. The military cardiologist e-mailed Dr. Fraser and asked, "If we can get the kid into the States, will you do the surgery?"
Thankfully, Dr. Fraser agreed to perform the operation.
With time in short supply, the military doctors and Kadhem's parents each worked feverishly to accomplish all of the prerequisite tasks needed to get Kadhem the operation. One of the first problems to overcome was that there simply is no commercial aviation operating out of Iraq, and the military is normally reluctant to allow civilians aboard military aircraft. However, persistent pleading from Kadhem's newfound friends in the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Soldiers with heart.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)