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Details of the cause
The child Dionis Martines 13 years old and lives in Villa Nueva Navarrete with her father Esteben Bolivar Martinez is 44 and her mother Concierge Nicolasa de La Rosa Cuevas is a housewife. The child has a condition which needed a Penetrating Keratoplasty (PK) because the child was blind practimamente. His father, a month produces about RD $ 5,000 to approximately U.S. $ 121, which is not enough to support a family on minimum conditions, but in spite of his poverty kept a very positive attitude.
What is Penetrating Keratoplasty?
By Wikipedia
Keratoplasty, or transplantation of corneal graft is the partial or total replacement of the cornea by generally obtained from a cadaveric donor or the receptor itself (See: autologous). One must distinguish procedures in corneal refractive surgery, which aim to correct refractive defects but without replacing the corneal tissue, sometimes also called keratoplasty, such as laser thermal keratoplasty.
Patient detail
Patient NameDionis Martines
Location: Villa Nueva en Navarrete
Age: 13 years
Tutors: Bolivar Martinez Esteben (Dad) Nicolasa de La Rosa Cuevas (Mom)
Procedure: Penetrating Keratoplasty
Motivation
Despite his condition, the child maintains a very positive mood and good grades for your state.
Condition of life
His tutors, Bolivar Martinez Esteben (Father) Nicolasa de La Rosa Cuevas (Mother) live in Villa Nueva in Navarrete. His father is a janitor and his mother a housewife, produced a month some RD $ 5,000 to approximately US$ 121 which make them very poor and can not afford medical expenses to help the child overcome his condition.
Procedures received
The patient had a first operation, you can see the photos bellow. He had surgery at the clinic LASER CENTER Santo Domingo by the Battle Dr.Juan total cost was 1,000 USD for the purchase of the corneas and the operation was RD$61,500 of which RD$12,000 pesos were donated by the physician and RD$8,000 were donated by the National Blind right eye was operated.
Second procedure
Future plans
The foundation is working to raise funds for the following procedure on eye missing. Maybe in a month (the decision is made by the physician) to carry out the transaction have to have at least 65,000 pesos which cost the first since the corneas are paid.
Continuous causes
Monthly allowance to cover college transportation.
Letter from doctor 2016
These congratulations are for all you who helped since thanks to your contributions we were able to succeed in this operation
Update 2021
Dionis Martinez, who was finally able to meet his dream of not only being a good student but also graduating as teacher so that others can continue learning what for him was almost impossible when at the age of 13 he was practically blind but he always eager to study, so much so that his brother took him to the school every day.
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