Please Help 8 Year Old Petr. He has hearing loss on both sides. He needs surgery to help him hear normally.
Petr was born with developmental abnormalities. He was born without his left outer ear and the right ear didn’t form correctly. In the maternity hospital, he was examined by a specialist, and it turned out that our son’s left ear canal is completely closed, and there is no eardrum in the right ear. We learned that an operation to restore hearing in children who have the same condition as Petr can be done abroad. We sent his medical records to a clinic in the United States. They soon answered that they can help our son. He will need two complex operations to reconstruct his ear canals. The operations are complex and costly. My husband and I are not able to come up with such a large sum. Your generosity is our only hope. Please help Petr! Anna Alekhina, Moscow. California Ear Institute Otolaryngologist Joseph Roberson, M.D. (Palo Alto, USA): "We are ready to accept Petr for surgery on both ears. We will recreate the ear canal to the eardrum and the bones in his right ear and replace t