Monday, May 31, 2010

Baby Imner has a new lip!


He is almost hard to recognize. The tiny malnourished baby from the COTA Team 2010 is now a frisky, happy baby.
Imner was discovered in January by our COTA doctors when his mother brought him to our team in Guatemala seeking help for his malnutrition related to his cleft lip/palate. Imner also had a very large hernia that was life-threatening. His fragile health and low weight made fixing the hernia in Guatemala an impossibility.
Thanks to the diligent efforts of foster mom Nicole and foster dad Chad, Imner is a different baby. His cleft palate repair is scheduled and we hope to have him home to his mother in Guatemala by late summer. Nicole had great medical connections in her community due to her work as a physicians assistant. Imner has his own little "village" helping with his healing.
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