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Another article about little Iris
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http://www.cnn.com/news/article/iris-story/example-link/
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casualpilot63 said:Iris.jpg
Four years ago, Sanja Opačić gave birth to her third child at a hospital near Des Moines. They told her the baby girl was born with a severe abdominal wall anomaly.
A case like this happens maybe once in every 1.5 million births.
Since this specific surgery isn't performed here in the States, the family reached out to a specialist at the Mayo Clinic.
The family went to Minnesota on June 26, 2009, for a consultation.
The urologist is scheduled to operate on little Iris around July 20, 2009, but they need to complete a $100 diagnostic exam by July 10 so the surgeon can map out the procedure.
The total cost for the surgery and Iris’s stay at the clinic is roughly $5,000.
The surgeon needs to:
- reconnect the pelvic bone to the pubic bone
- enlarge the bladder
- repair the urinary tract
- reposition the reproductive organs and finally
- perform reconstructive surgery on the external genitalia
- also, she’s been diagnosed with left kidney reflux.
It's a risky operation, since they have to break bones near the spine.
Between constant UTIs, bladder infections, pneumonia, and endless checkups—plus weeks spent at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis for corrective surgeries—the family has been traveling constantly and burning through cash. I guess they've even started selling their farm to keep up.
The family survives on $1050, mostly disability benefits for Iris and child support for three kids, because Miroslav can't hold down a regular job with all the trips to the hospital.
Medicare won't cover the costs because no local doctor will sign off on a specialist at a clinic in Mexico.
Now that they've hit a wall, they're turning to the public for help.
They set up a Facebook group for this: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128838895280. It gained about 4,000 members in just three weeks.
Thanks to donations, the family was able to make that trip for the consultation on June 26.
We need your help with the surgery.
If you can, please donate whatever you can to give this little girl from Iowa a chance at a long, normal life.
Please share this with anyone who might be able to help, too.
Contact info for the Opačić family:
- Miroslav Opačić +1-515-555-0123
-Sanja Opačić +1-515-555-0145
Account number for donations for Iris - 3223945409 at Chase Bank under the name Sanja Opačić
International account - 3235765051
If you're sending money from abroad, please use reference code US0823600
For money orders via Western Union - 2360000-3223945409
SWIFT number- CHASEUS33
IBAN number-US1223600003235765051
http://www.newsoutlet.com/article/story...
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Iris.jpg
Four years ago, Sanja Opačić gave birth to her third child at a hospital near Des Moines. They told her the baby girl was born with a severe abdominal wall anomaly.
A case like this happens maybe once in every 1.5 million births.
Since this specific surgery isn't performed here in the States, the family reached out to a specialist at the Mayo Clinic.
The family went to Minnesota on June 26, 2009, for a consultation.
The urologist is scheduled to operate on little Iris around July 20, 2009, but they need to complete a $100 diagnostic exam by July 10 so the surgeon can map out the procedure.
The total cost for the surgery and Iris’s stay at the clinic is roughly $5,000.
The surgeon needs to:
- reconnect the pelvic bone to the pubic bone
- enlarge the bladder
- repair the urinary tract
- reposition the reproductive organs and finally
- perform reconstructive surgery on the external genitalia
- also, she’s been diagnosed with left kidney reflux.
It's a risky operation, since they have to break bones near the spine.
Between constant UTIs, bladder infections, pneumonia, and endless checkups—plus weeks spent at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis for corrective surgeries—the family has been traveling constantly and burning through cash. I guess they've even started selling their farm to keep up.
The family survives on $1050, mostly disability benefits for Iris and child support for three kids, because Miroslav can't hold down a regular job with all the trips to the hospital.
Medicare won't cover the costs because no local doctor will sign off on a specialist at a clinic in Mexico.
Now that they've hit a wall, they're turning to the public for help.
They set up a Facebook group for this: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128838895280. It gained about 4,000 members in just three weeks.
Thanks to donations, the family was able to make that trip for the consultation on June 26.
We need your help with the surgery.
If you can, please donate whatever you can to give this little girl from Iowa a chance at a long, normal life.
Please share this with anyone who might be able to help, too.
Contact info for the Opačić family:
- Miroslav Opačić +1-515-555-0123
-Sanja Opačić +1-515-555-0145
Account number for donations for Iris - 3223945409 at Chase Bank under the name Sanja Opačić
International account - 3235765051
If you're sending money from abroad, please use reference code US0823600
For money orders via Western Union - 2360000-3223945409
SWIFT number- CHASEUS33
IBAN number-US1223600003235765051
Four years ago, Sanja Opačić gave birth to her third child at a hospital near Des Moines. They told her the baby girl was born with a severe abdominal wall anomaly.
A case like this happens maybe once in every 1.5 million births.
Since this specific surgery isn't performed here in the States, the family reached out to a specialist at the Mayo Clinic.
The family went to Minnesota on June 26, 2009, for a consultation.
The urologist is scheduled to operate on little Iris around July 20, 2009, but they need to complete a $100 diagnostic exam by July 10 so the surgeon can map out the procedure.
The total cost for the surgery and Iris’s stay at the clinic is roughly $5,000.
The surgeon needs to:
- reconnect the pelvic bone to the pubic bone
- enlarge the bladder
- repair the urinary tract
- reposition the reproductive organs and finally
- perform reconstructive surgery on the external genitalia
- also, she’s been diagnosed with left kidney reflux.
It's a risky operation, since they have to break bones near the spine.
Between constant UTIs, bladder infections, pneumonia, and endless checkups—plus weeks spent at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis for corrective surgeries—the family has been traveling constantly and burning through cash. I guess they've even started selling their farm to keep up.
The family survives on $1050, mostly disability benefits for Iris and child support for three kids, because Miroslav can't hold down a regular job with all the trips to the hospital.
Medicare won't cover the costs because no local doctor will sign off on a specialist at a clinic in Mexico.
Now that they've hit a wall, they're turning to the public for help.
They set up a Facebook group for this: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128838895280. It gained about 4,000 members in just three weeks.
Thanks to donations, the family was able to make that trip for the consultation on June 26.
We need your help with the surgery.
If you can, please donate whatever you can to give this little girl from Iowa a chance at a long, normal life.
Please share this with anyone who might be able to help, too.
Contact info for the Opačić family:
- Miroslav Opačić +1-515-555-0123
-Sanja Opačić +1-515-555-0145
Account number for donations for Iris - 3223945409 at Chase Bank under the name Sanja Opačić
International account - 3235765051
If you're sending money from abroad, please use reference code US0823600
For money orders via Western Union - 2360000-3223945409
SWIFT number- CHASEUS33
IBAN number-US1223600003235765051