This photo is of a farming family in China. The little girl, six-year-old Flower, is dying of a heart condition. Her parents cannot afford the over $4000 it will cost for Flower to have this operation. Because she is not an orphan, she doesn’t qualify for free medical help. Fortunately, the good people at my favorite charity, Love Without Boundaries, believe “Every Child Counts”. They understand that sometimes, when Chinese parents choose NOT to abandon a child with a medical condition, they end up in need of help. Flower’s family needs help.
As you know, Ying needs surgery to save her eye sight. I am very fortunate because I have medical insurance that will pay most of her expenses. The highly-qualified ophthalmic plastic surgeon who will perform the two procedures she needs has an office 10 minutes from my house, and the hospital is even closer than that. Everything my child needs is easily within my reach. What a blessing that is! I can’t imagine how Flower’s poor parents must feel knowing that she needs surgery to save her very life and not being able to provide it for her.
No parent should ever have to stand by and watch a child die due to a simple lack of money. Never.
Sunday is Easter – a time to celebrate life. What better way to celebrate life than to give a child a chance to live? If each of us bought one less bag of Easter candy and sent that $3 to Flower, she would have enough money for her life-saving operation. Think about it – a bag of Snickers, or a child’s life.
If you want to donate money to help save Flower’s life, please visit the Love Without Boundaries site here.
As you know, Ying needs surgery to save her eye sight. I am very fortunate because I have medical insurance that will pay most of her expenses. The highly-qualified ophthalmic plastic surgeon who will perform the two procedures she needs has an office 10 minutes from my house, and the hospital is even closer than that. Everything my child needs is easily within my reach. What a blessing that is! I can’t imagine how Flower’s poor parents must feel knowing that she needs surgery to save her very life and not being able to provide it for her.
No parent should ever have to stand by and watch a child die due to a simple lack of money. Never.
Sunday is Easter – a time to celebrate life. What better way to celebrate life than to give a child a chance to live? If each of us bought one less bag of Easter candy and sent that $3 to Flower, she would have enough money for her life-saving operation. Think about it – a bag of Snickers, or a child’s life.
If you want to donate money to help save Flower’s life, please visit the Love Without Boundaries site here.
"It is a poverty that a child should die so we may live as we please." -Mother Teresa
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