siblings in hosipital

[Kursed]

My sister is going into hosipital today for she has a major heart opperation, and she is only 5 years old, next week and I was wondering if there was anyone else that shares this experience

[Steel Valor]

Oh man! Heart surgery, don't worry DP I'll be praying for her. I remember one time Bazooka had to go to the hospital to get an operation on his chin because he split it open. Good thing we made it just in time or he would have had speech problems.

[Kursed]

The actual heart condition is comon but my sister's version is pretty rare, she has already had a stroke because of it.

[Steel Valor]

Any idea what it's called?

[Kursed]

I know it but I can't remember the name, Its one of those hard to remember ones. I'll try to look for it. (Damn I'm having a hard time typing.)

http://nsw.heartkidsnsw.org.au/home.htm
^its the group that my family is with.

The disease is that one of the values are blocked and the blood can't move around. It cannot be detected while the child is still in the womb.

[Steel Valor]

I see and the operation should be able to help her cope with it right. Don't worry I'm sure she'll be fine. Its quite interesting it cannot be detected while the child is in the womb huh? That's really peculiar.

[Kursed]

Its one of those medical things.

I think this is it
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome HD

http://www.rch.org.au/cardiology/defects.cfm?doc_id=5096
When you read it the Fontan operation is the one my sister should be going in.

[Steel Valor]

I once read something about this during human anatomy class. How long is it going to take your sister to recover?

[Kursed]

I don't know fully

Okay This person i am not related to, he is in my year at school. I heard this is assembly.
His name is Erik Hasoun, he is a typical sport/ almost straight A student. But around the start of term 2, around April/ May, he started having pain in his left knee. Always thought it was a torn ligament. So he went to the doctors and got some tests done, when the test came back...
He had cancer in that knee. I can't remember what the cancer actually is but it affects 6 in 200 000 kids.
He went into hospital, had two lots of chemo therapy. Then went into an operation to remove the cancer. Since the cancer had affectted the bone, Erik's femur had to be cut out half way down to half way down the calf bones, the missing bone was replaced with a metal replacement. Back at home he use to live in a garage out the back of his parent's home, but now he had to move back inside and the whole house has to be re-furbished to allow a wheelchair to be used. Erik has to learn how to walk again.
This Friday/ Thursday (depending on the Time zone, so not tomorrow but the day after) our school is holding a mufti day just for him to help pay for the medical cost.