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Saira is a daddy’s girl. Some mornings she gets up at 4 AM just to say goodbye to him.
“She gives me a kiss before I go to work. I leave thinking about my little girl,” said Saira’s father, beaming.
One day while they were walking, Saira sat down on the curb to rest. Her breathing was labored. Her parents wondered if she had pneumonia, which had taken the life of her older sister. They took her to the hospital.
“The doctors told us that she needed surgery or else she would die,” said Julio with tears filling his eyes. “He said it was urgent. The sooner the better.”
The family discovered that Saira suffered from a hole in her heart, which caused problems with circulation and breathing. Her family prayed for her to recover, since Julio could not afford to pay for an operation to save her life.
“I didn’t have even five extra cents to pay for an operation,” he said. “One day she found me crying and said, ‘Daddy, don’t cry. I am going to be cured.’ I cried, and…”
Julio broke down and could no longer contain his emotions.
“I prayed that my daughter wouldn’t die.”
When Operation Blessing learned about Saira’s condition, we took her to a hospital where she received free, open-heart surgery.
“Operation Blessing saved my daughter’s life,” said the grateful father. “Now that she has recovered, she plays with her brother and no longer struggles to breathe. Thank you for changing everything for her.”