Diasniurka Salcedo, an activist who has closely monitored the progress of Jordan Daniel Montero Solano since his surgery in February, expressed her gratitude to everyone who has helped and prayed for the recovery of the Cuban child born without an esophagus.
"Thank God the boy is doing much better. Thank you all for the prayers and for helping with the medications," he wrote on Facebook, sharing a picture that shows the 13-year-old is continuing to recover positively after the surgery.
Montero Solano underwent surgery because he was born with a congenital condition that prevented him from feeding by mouth.
After 13 years of receiving excuses and delays from the authorities, he underwent successful surgery on February 21.
The child's progress continued positively, and on February 29, he ingested liquids orally for the first time.
On Monday, March 4th, due to his good progress, he was discharged from intensive care to a regular room where he continued his recovery.
The activist Diasniurka Salcedo also posted on Facebook the next day that the boy, for the first time in 13 years, ate with his own mouth.
This Wednesday, along with the image showing the child’s recovery, Salcedo also published the message: "WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY!!".
Jordan's mother, Maydelis Solano, spent 13 years demanding a solution for her son, who was born with esophageal atresia, a defect of unknown origin characterized by a lack of continuity in the esophagus, preventing the mouth from connecting to the stomach.
After evasions from the government, a hospital in Holguín asked Maydelis to bring surgical supplies in order to perform surgery on the child.
Among the supplies that needed to be provided were adhesive tape, trocar, levin, probes, catheter for deep vein access, gauze, sutures, syringes, surgical gloves, scalpel, iodine, fever-reducing medications, and disinfectants for wounds.
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