Twisha is from Sydney, Australia. She is only the one child of her Mother, Sweety Makwana. Twisha is born with birth defect Long Gap Oesophageal Atresia –LGOA (one type of TOF/OA). It means she is not able to swallow/eat anything from mouth. There is a wide gap between her both ends of Oesophagus (food pipe). She is left with a spit fistula and G-feeds. With the dressing up she looks like a normal baby, but she is not. More over Twisha’s Dad has had decided to leave this little angel and her Mother alone in this World. There are several methods to repair such a baby. However It is said that the best one is the Foker Technique (growth procedure), which was invented by an American Doctor named, Dr. John E Foker. There are other methods too which are Gastric Pull Up, Gastric Tubes, Colon Interposition, etc., but these are not of good options as their outcomes are very poor ‘and baby will be left with lifelong medical complications. In Sydney, Australia Twisha has undergone so many operations (19 or so) in order to fix her problem but she is not repaired yet. She had Foker Operation in the local Children Hospital, where the Foker Procedure was carried out for the first time by her surgeon. Unfortunately it failed. After failed Foker Operation she had Kimura Lengthening Procedure. It is a few steps operation in which they stretch the upper oesophagus further down on chest wall in each operation. After having some successful and unsuccessful attempts of Kimura Technique, now the options being presented in Australia are Gastric Pull up/Gastric Tubes/Colon Interposition.
Meanwhile all these procedures Twisha’s Mommy has contacted Dr. Foker and his team in Boston, USA to discuss Twisha’s condition. She had sent them off Twisha’s medical records and they have responded with their opinion and treatment plan for Twisha. They are confident enough to do a Foker procedure on her again. This can be the life changing shot for Twisha, if she gets the treatment offered to her at Boston, USA. Twisha needs to get to Boston for her further medical treatment to live normal and healthy life as other normal kids. Unfortunately in USA her treatment would occur in substantial amount of money, which her single Mother is not able to cope with. They need financial help. She hopes you will help Twisha. Please take a while to look further inside.
