My sweet and strong 8-year-old nephew Lazar Tony Maraisho, known as Sharbel, needs an emergency life-saving open-heart “Ross” type surgery.

We have found a pediatric children’s hospital in Italy, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (Baby Jesus Pediatric Hospital), that is willing to take his case and perform the operation on Sharbel.

We need approximately 71,100 USD which will cover medical expenses (pre-op, operation, post-op), travel and visa expenses, hotel and meals for the estimated 2 months duration (assessment, treatment, and recovery) in Italy for my nephew and my sister.

We are very limited in time and we need to make the payment to the hospital as soon as possible in order to start with the visa process, travel arrangements, and hospital admission process.

I trust that God is with us, Mar Sharbel will protect our child, and your love, prayers, and kindness will allow us to treat our child and bring him healthy to us.

Thank you for anything you can contribute with, whether it is a dollar or a prayer or simply a share of this call.

Note that the GoFundMe donations will be received by myself, Savina Dawood, the sister of Sandra Dawood (the mother of Sharbel), and the required funds will be sent to the hospital via wire transfer.