I’m leaving home in a few minutes, because today I will be in surgery for the first time. Yesterday I documented another procedure with one of the surgeons, but today is something totally different and far more complicated. The other thing that’s special about today’s surgery is that I’m following the story behind this patient. Ahmed and his family suffered a terrible car accident while driving 10 hours to the north of Iraq. Happily, he made it to our city with his uncle, but his parents had to stay behind in a hospital. The only great good news in the middle of this tragic story would be a successful surgery on Ahmed’s heart, and that’s what I’m hoping for in today’s assignment.
Yesterday, our day didn’t start well at all. We lost one of the children. That little baby’s case was complicated, even before the surgery, so it was really difficult. The doctors did their best for many hours, but she didn’t make it. Sad.
Starting today, I will be focusing on stories, rather than documenting the whole campaign. so I hope to post some of those later on. In the meantime, you have some other photographs from yesterday, and also the link to Preemptive Love’s Blog, where you can see videos and stories as well as photographs.
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© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
© Heber Vega | Remedy Mission - PreemptiveLove.org
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