Traver's Fixed Heart Returns Home to Uganda!!!

Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Published: June 29, 2021

It is with a BIG smile on my face that I am posting these words.

Thanks to your support of HeartValveSurgery.com, I am happy to share that Traver just arrived home in Uganda after his complex cardiac surgery in Israel!!! Woo-Whoo!!! Yay!!!! Mission accomplished!!!!

I just received the following pictures. Here is Traver at home with his family in their Ugandan village.

Traver - Gift of Life Child - In Ugandan Village

And here is Traver's family holding a heart-warming "Thank You" sign that acknowledges the HeartValveSurgery.com community, Gift of Life International, Open Heart POBIC Uganda and all the great people who came together to help Traver. I love this!!! :)

Traver's Family Holding Thank You Sign

You Made a HUGE Difference in Traver's Life!

On behalf of Traver and his family, I need to thank all the wonderful people in the HeartValveSurgery.com community - the patients, the family members, the friends, doctors, nurses, hospitals, medical companies, and our sponsors.

Thanks to your support of this website, we were able to sponsor Traver's life-saving operation. You are simply amazing! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

In case you missed it, here is the video I posted the moment I learned that Traver's heart surgery was a success!!!

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Again, thank you for your support of Traver!!!

Keep on tickin' Traver!!!
Adam

Written by Adam Pick
Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.

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