Heinz Prigge Open Heart Surgery❤️‍

Ons het Heinz die 15de Maart 2024 Urgent Care toe gevat met aanhoudende verkoue/griep simptome en geswelde bene en voete toe stuur hulle hom Emergency Room toe vir verdere toetse. Na nog baie toetse was hul diagnose dat hy 'n skeur in sy Aorta het. Hulle het hom oorgeplaas na n ander hospitaal toe met n beter Kardio-afdeling en hom daar verder behandel. Na n week in die hospitaal en nog toetse en skanderings, het hul besluit dat ope hart chirurgie die beste opsie was, sodat hulle die skeur in sy Aorta kan regmaak en dan ook 'n "mechanical Aortic valve replacement" doen. Hulle het hom weer oorgeplaas na die hoof hospitaal en besluit om operasie die 9de April te doen. Die operasie het goed verloop en hulle kon regmaak wat reg gemaak moes word. Hy doen beter elke dag en herstel goed. Ons is n gesin van 3 in die VSA. Ongelukkig laat die visa waarop ek is my nie toe om te werk nie en omdat Heinz ook nie kan werk nie verdien hy nie geld nie. Hy gaan vir 3 maande na die operasie nie mag werk nie en ook nie dadelik terug vlieg SA toe nie. Om in Amerika te kan kom werk is 'n voorreg, maar ook 'n uitweg, omdat die meeste van ons nog vir familie geld moet huis toe stuur en vir ons eie gesin ook sorg.

Ons vra daarom om finaniële hulp, omdat dit ons laaste uitweg is, omdat Heinz dan meer as 4 maande geen inkomste gaan verdien nie.

Dankie vir elkeen wat kan help, ons besef almal het uitdagings.

As a South African family of 3 in the United States on the H2a/H4 visa program we're asking for your help!

On the 15th of March 2024 we took Heinz to urgent care due to sudden onset of acute swelling in legs and feet after recurrent visits for extended cold&flu & sinus signs and symptoms and treatments. They immediately sent him to the emergency room at the hospital and they started doing tests on him. They gave us the news that he has a tear in his Aorta and the right side of his heart is very weak! They immediately flew him with a helicopter to a hospital with a better Cardiac department. They did further tests and scans there and discovered that his heart was too weak to perform immediate surgery! After a week in that hospital and his body giving them a chance to do further research they transferred him to another hospital and scheduled an open heart surgery to repair the tear in his aorta and to perform a mechanical valve replacement. He had surgery on the 9th of April and everything went well under the circumstances. They have repaired the tear in his Aorta and had to repair his Aortic valve as well. He's doing better every day and recovering well! Unfortunately he won't be able to work for 3 months after surgery and we won't be able to fly back home soon after that as well. Working in the USA is a privilege, but also a necessity, as most us us farmers work here to assit family in SA financially, as well as providing for our wives and children. Every little donation will be highly appreciated, as Heinz will not be able to earn an income for at least 4 months since everything started.