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ROMAC News – Vanessa heading home
Vanessa is ready to go home on Tuesday. Happy ending and an even happier start for Vanessa and her family. Our wonderful team of volunteers, surgeons, medical teams and the generous members of the Timor-Leste community have given this lovely little girl a chance to have a wonderful childhood with her family and friends. We…
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ROMAC update: Tom’s on the mend
Tom and Marie are doing well. Tom has a new pair of AFOs – that’s ankle foot orthosis which is like a soft shell that fits inside a shoe for support. He needs to wear that for 6 months when he gets home. He can walk around a little now, a bit unstable like toddler…
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Tom continues to improve
Our latest ROMAC patient, Tom, is showing good progress. He has graduated from the cumbersome Vacuum-Assisted Closure therapy dressings and suction pump he required to manage infection and is now in more familiar ‘moon boots’. Along with his ever cheerful mum, Marie, he remains in good spirits. The ROMAC team are hopeful of a good…
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ROMAC Lei Day cruise on paddlewheeler
Enjoy lunch on the water and raise funds for Rotary to support kids needing medical help. See Facebook post for details https://www.facebook.com/groups/920833001418468
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ROMAC good news: Janewly goes home
After a successful operation to repair her hole-in-the-heart Janewly can now happily chase bubbles (and rainbows). She looks forward to a new found future as she heads home with mum Leanne who thanked ROMAC for the help they provided to make this happen. They are shown below celebrating Janewly’s second birthday at Westmead Hospital with…
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ROMAC News: Janewly arrives from Vanuatu
Janewly, almost two years old, and her mum arrived safely on Sunday from Vanuatu. They stayed overnight with Anita, our wonderful Eastern ROMAC Chair, before moving to Ronald MacDonald House. Due to Janewly’s heart condition ROMAC, arranged a medical escort for the journey. The escort reported that everything went smoothly on the journey. Janewly has…