Photos of a sweet little boy

The first is of Patric two weeks ago and the second is of Patric when he was a toddler.  

The staff at his orphanage made this comment, "We thought he would have died years ago, but he is still alive, he is a miracle."  They think he may have sickle cell disease in addition to his heart disease, but the testing is not sophisticated enough to confirm that here.  He has a surviving grandfather that is unable to care for him at all.  He has an older brother that was adopted a long time ago to Europe.  That adopting family will not adopt Patric, though they want to keep in touch with him.  

road blocks and frustrations

So, I was able to get a hold of the CD containing Patric's medical exams.  They were brought to a doctor in the U.S. a few days ago.  Unfortunately, the heart echo was not on it, only the head CT.  A good friend called the center in Kigali again today.  They don't record echo's supposedly.  Not sure what to do next.  We need the information from the heart echo to know how severe his condition really is right now.  I have some recent photos of sweet Patric I will post later.

Holly