Resourceful Father Finds Surgery for His Daughter

Quang Ngai, Vietnam -- Marion McGovern, ReSurge board member

This is Vy and her dad.  She is 2 1/2 years old and comes from a small town far in Quang Ngai province, so small everyone has the same sur name. She was born with a cleft palate, so her dad took her to Ho Chi Minh City for cleft palate surgery when she was 8 months old. Without such surgery, a child will never be able to speak correctly.

Her father was told she was too young, and sent home.  He tried again the next year to no avail.  Desperate to find a solution for his daughter, he did what any dad would do -- he searched the Internet. There he learned about ReSurge, and there he discovered there was to be a trip to Quang Ngai.

Little Vy now has a repaired palate.  In time, she will be able to say thank you to her dad and correctly pronounce every word.