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Special Appeal for Panna Szabo
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 On
Sunday December 16th as part of a regular
Mission Trip visit to Smiles
projects, the team met the Szabo family who live in the village of
Salard. The story of their
circumstances challenged Smiles to do something urgent to share the
Heart of God with the family and little girl who have suffered so
much.
The story began November 30th 2005 when Panna was born in
the Oradea Hospital a normal little girl, the first child for the
Hungarian Szabo family. At least that is what her mother was being
told in the first hours after she was born. Then, before Panna was 24
hours old, her mother realised there was something wrong with little
Panna’s breathing and she asked the doctors to examine her.
Immediately the doctors realised that she had breathing problems and
they put an oxygen pipe in to help and they took her to the intensive
care unit.
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Her diagnostic was something that the
mother couldn’t accept; Dextrocardy and a cord cyanogens congenital
malformation. Also, she had other serious problems that put her life
in danger. Basically, Panna’s heart was on the wrong side of her
body. Actually, the doctors gave her not more than six days to live.
After six days, with Panna surviving, she was taken to the Heart
Institute in Cluj-Napoca, where they told them once again the
diagnostic with the impossibility of corrective treatment.
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Even harder was for the parents to be told that nowhere in Romania
can this operation be done that could possibly save Panna’s life.
Medically, the little girl didn’t have any chance, she was loosing
weight but if, by a miracle, she would reach 5 kg.(10lb), the doctors
would see if there was a Hospital in Budapest that could consider the
surgery.
God worked the miracle and Panna began gaining weight and was
prepared for surgery.
On 28 April 2006, Panna had the first surgery that saved her life.
From this moment the girl needed consultations every two-three months,
until she was old enough to be considered for the second essential
surgery.
The second surgery was on 6 September 2007 in Budapest. The parents
were told that the cost for this surgery would be approx. £8,655 /
$17,310 and they had to pay them in two sections, 40% before the
surgery and the rest when leaving the hospital.
But after the surgery, Panna developed a fever. She had to undergo
many tests and she was put on the oxygen feed for 5 days (normally 1
day, maximum 2 days). The doctors realised that Panna would need a
pace maker, which they did not put into the calculation. These
complications raised the cost of the treatment to £17,240 / $34,480,
which was double the parents were prepared for.
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In the past
3 months, Panna’s parents sold all they can to raise the money. They
have paid as much as they could as soon as money was available, but
they still need £4,827 / $9,655.
Two weeks ago, (2 days before Smiles visited the village) the parents
received a letter from the Budapest hospital. They were informed that
if they didn’t pay the balance, the hospital would take legal action
and sue them and they will restrict any consultation or treatment in
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The parents are mortified. They don’t have the money so face the
courts and they also know this means Panna will remain without
treatment, because in Romania the condition cannot be treated.
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When the
Chief Executive of Smiles, Kevin Hoy spoke with the family, he asked
for 48 hours to consider the crisis. He would meet with them again on
Tuesday, December 18th.
Kevin shared the opportunity with the
Mission Trip team and asked them all to pray for direction.
By Tuesday, it had been decided that The Smiles Foundation would
launch an appeal to raise the balance of the funds needed. Any
additional funds raised would go towards the operation needed when
Panna is 5 years old. This was a miracle God had started when Panna
was just a few days old. We now have the opportunity to be a part of
the continuing Miracle.
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The Smiles Foundation agreed to cover the
Hospital account in the belief supporters would help us with the
appeal. At the request of Smiles, Panna’s parents, Ibolya si Janos
Zsolt Szabo spoke to the director of the hospital in Budapest and with
the assurance of the Charity’s help, the hospital agreed to delay the
deadline for payment to the end of March 2008. We have agreed to make
3 equal instalments on January 18th, February 22nd
and March 28th.
Please share in this Miracle. |
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Send you
gift for Panna’s Heart Surgery to the nearest Smiles office, or
Telephone to use a Visa or Mastercard, or use the secure PayPal option
on line.
Matthew 19 v.14 (NIV)
Jesus said: “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder
them, for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
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