News from Younis

05/03/20 – A second wind for a new life

We can’t thank you enough for the chain of solidarity formed around Saïbou Younis.

Everything condemned this 18-month-old Chadian: Tetralogy of Fallot, better known as “blue disease”, prevented good blood circulation and caused progressive asphyxia…

Touched by this child’s destiny, you enabled us to bring him to France to save him. Saïbou Younis has a brand new heart and energy of children his own age.

In fact, he quickly demonstrated his sense of rhythm by dancing joyfully to all kinds of music, and his infectious bursts of laughter delighted his host family. Back in his native village, he’ll be able to grow up normally, thanks to you.

18/02/19 – Younis awaits surgery

Younis is an 18-month-old Chadian boy who suffers from severe breathing difficulties. He lives with his parents, older brother and grandmother in his village without running water or electricity.

His mother, concerned to see him constantly out of breath and suffering from several ailments, took the little boy to the Mère-Enfant hospital in Ndjamena.

There, investigations take place and the verdict is in: Younis has “Tetralogy of Fallot”, better known as “blue disease”.

Why blue? Because children who suffer from it often have a bluish tinge around their lips and fingertips.

Tetralogy of Fallot is a series of heart defects, the most dangerous of which is the passage of blood between the right and left heart. This anomaly is particularly serious because it prevents proper blood circulation. The unoxygenated blood flows in the wrong direction through the body, causing the child to suffer from asphyxia, resulting in a bluish tinge to the skin and mucous membranes.

Open-heart surgery is necessary

Without surgical intervention, the child grows up badly, feels unwell, breathes badly, suffers, runs out of breath,… sometimes, alas, to the last souffle!

Unfortunately, his parents work in the fields and cannot envisage sending their child to France.

Here, a host family is ready to welcome him throughout his stay, but the operation that will finish Younis’ ordeal is very costly.

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