Friday 12 October 2012

Life changing surgery for PNG toddler

A Papua New Guinean boy will return home to a brighter future, after Australian surgeons removed a football-sized tumor from his brain.
A Papua New Guinean boy will return home to a brighter future, after Australian surgeons removed a football-sized tumor from his brain. Life-changing surgery for PNG toddler

Ivan-Joe Leo, who is just 20 months old, faced severe neurological and physical impairment before the delicate operation.

The boy's mother, Jocelyne Sari, said through tears that the eight-hour operation will be life-changing for the whole family.

"Some small kids they say when I carry him around... look at the baby, he has got two heads. It was like a miracle after the surgery."

When the Children First Foundation flew Ivan-Joe to Australia from Papua New Guinea in February, a lump on his scalp had ballooned to the size of a football.

The deformity is believed to have been caused by a fractured skull sustained during his premature birth.
 
Surgeons are confident the playful toddler is well on the way to catching up for any delayed development.
 
Source: SBS World News Australia

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