A one-year-old girl with a serious heart condition living in Tokyo will travel to the United States on the 1th of this month to undergo heart transplant surgery. The cost of transplantation was high in excess of 30 million yen due to the depreciation of the yen, but the target amount was collected through fundraising activities, and in the future, they will wait for the transplant at a hospital in New York.
Aoi Sato, 1, of Toshima-ku, Tokyo, was aiming for a heart transplant overseas after being found to have a hole in her heart wall shortly after birth, and after two surgeries, she suffered severe heart failure.
The cost of transplants had soared due to the depreciation of the yen, but as a result of fundraising activities by parents and support groups with a goal of about 2 million yen, the target amount was collected in December last year.
Aoi's parents held an online press conference on the 5th and announced that they will leave for the United States on the 3000th of this month.
Aoi traveled from Haneda Airport on a chartered medical plane and was admitted to Columbia University Hospital in New York to await a transplant.
According to her parents, Aoi's condition has been stable lately, and she has grown up to speak and speak language.
His father, Shoichiro Sato (12), said, "I don't know if I would have been saved without your support, so I am grateful for your support.