Sunday, March 23, 2008

Kimberly after six weeks in foster care


Kimberly's newest photos shows the effects of the loving and attentive care of Linda and Alan as they nurture her to health. Kimberly's surgery is scheduled for mid-May, thanks to the very diligent efforts of COTA friend April Hayman in Chattanooga, TN. April has the determination that it takes to network donated surgery for a COTA patient-no small task with hospital budget cuts!
Mother Marta in Guatemala is shown in Kimberly's crib in Danville, KY. Marta is kept informed of Kimberly's progress with the help of COTA volunteer Aida de Carcamo in Guatemala, who calls and keeps in touch with each family that has a child in our program. It truly "takes a village" to restore health to each of our COTA patients.

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