Go to zReportage.com. - A little boy who survived the 2010 Haiti earthquake goes to California for vital surgery to fix a hole in his heart. Happy go lucky, 7-year-old LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, had just endured two huge life changing ordeals. First the quake destroyed Lovensky's home and with it, his heart medicine was lost. Lovensky's desperate mother ended up at a Port-au-Prince clinic where Sacramento fire Cpt. Barbie Law was volunteering. Law called her doctor father, who got Sacramento's Sutter Medical Group heart specialists to provide a life saving free surgery.
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Mar. 31, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - Two days after his arrival in the United States, a shirtless 7-year-old LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE waits during his first visit with Dr. Hessam Fallah, a pediatric cardiologist, for an evaluation before his heart surgery with Sacramento Metropolitan District Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW. He suffers from congenital heart defect and the doctor needs to determine if he can be operated on. Barbie Law volunteered her services in Haiti soon after the earthquake hit the country and decimated its capital city. During her month-long stay she met a 7-year-old boy at a Carrefour clinic where she was working and found out he had a condition that causes congestive heart failure. Compelled to help him, she found a doctor willing to operate on him and navigated immigration bureacracy and snafus to bring him to the United States.
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Mar. 31, 2010 - Elk Grove, California, U.S. - On his second day in the United States LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE picks out new clothing with his mother, ROSELENE DUCEL, left, at a Kohl's store with Sacramento Metropolitan District Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW, right, who spent over $400 in new clothes for the two who arrived with just a child's backpack from Port-Au- Prince, Haiti. Law bought t-shirts, short sleeves shirts, jacket, underwear, socks shoes, pants and a belt for Lovensky. She also purchased dresses tops and pants underwear, sock, shoes for his mom, Roselene.
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Mar. 31, 2010 - Elk Grove, California, U.S. - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, center, walks hand in hand with JEPSEN LAGUERRE, 10, into the family room to play a Nintendo Wii video game on the big screen television during his second day in the United States in the home of CARMELLE LAGUERRE, who is talking to her husband Pierre LaGuerre in Haiti. Lovensky had no television and computer in his home that was destroyed in the 7.0 magnitude 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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Mar. 31, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - Sacramento Metropolitan District Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW, right, looks at the test results from the EKG of LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE during his first visit with Dr. Hessam Fallah, a pediatric cardiologist, for an evaluation before his heart surgery. His mother ROSELENE DUCELUS left, looks on as JANAI VERNOTT medical assistant performs the test. He suffers from congenital heart defect and the doctor needs to determine if he can be operated on.
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Apr. 02, 2010 - Elk Grove, California, U.S. - Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Teimour Nasirov, M.D, left, examines underweight seven-year-old LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE during his first visit for an evaluation before his heart surgery with interpreter PIERRE LAGUERRE translating Creole to his mother ROSELENE DUCELUS. Sacramento Metro Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW, who is also a paramedic, listens to the evaluation.
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Apr. 05, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - Sacramento Metropolitan District Fire Capt. Barbie Law brought LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE to a Sacramento Metropolitan fire station where he rode in a fire truck, was carried up the ladder of the fire truck and also was able to help lower the ladder. His mom, ROSELE DUCELUS, adjust his plastic fire helmet that he insisted on wearing backwards.
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Apr. 14, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE surrounded by plush furniture, stands on wall-to-wall carpeting in the living room of Pierre LaGurre's home looks up to the second floor where Jepson, 10, talks to him. When Lovensky arrived in the United States he had a case of pneumonia and the doctors waited for him to recover before they performed open heart surgery on him to correct the hole in his heart that is the size of a quarter.
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Apr. 14, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - ROSELENE DUCELUS washes her son, LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, the night before his open heart surgery at Sutter Memorial Hospital. Eighteen days after his arrival in the United States he will have open heart surgery donated by Sutter Sacramento.
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Apr. 15, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - Interpreter PIERRE LAGUERRE speaks in Creole trying to distract LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, as he cries out in pain when the anesthesiologist have a hard time finding a vein to administer the drugs for his surgery at Sutter Memorial Hospital. Lovensky was underweight from malnutrition and his veins where hard to find.
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Apr. 15, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - Sacramento Metropolitan District Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW March 31, feels empathy for Lovensky Alexandre who cries out in pain as the the anesthesiologist have a hard time finding a vein because of malnutrition to administer the drugs for his surgery at Sutter Memorial Hospital. His mom ROSELENE DUCELUS, right, and interpreter PIERRE LAGUERRE, center, try to comfort Lovensky in the pre-surgery room.
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May 18, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. TEIMOUR NASIROV, right, assisted by his mentor Dr. V. MOHAN REDDY, left, a nationally renowned pediatric heart surgeon and ALICIA BARNES RN, center, operate on LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE during his 3 1/2 hour surgery at Sutter Memorial Hospital to fix a hole about the size of a quarter in his heart.
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Apr. 15, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - ROSELENE DUCELUS cries after making the sign of the cross as she sees her son, LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, still recovering from anesthesia on a bed in the intensive care unit after surgery. She said she knew everything was going to be ok for her son after seeing him lying with the tubes and wires attached to him.
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May 12, 2010 - Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE rides a bicycle and is pushed by his cousin JAMY DENIS as they are watched by Roodnerly Trazilien, 6, on the front street of the home he will temporarily live in Carrefour, Haiti.
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May 18, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - ROSELENE DUCELUS spent five days in Sutter Memorial Hospital intensive care unit, watching over her son as he recovered from open-heart surgery. Roselene passed the time playing checkers as the energetic LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE (left) lay quiet in his bed and rarely showed his smile as he watched television. Dr. Nasirov said, 'He was in good spirit. He wasn't afraid or anything. ...this kid is pretty amazing. Being here, I think he felt safe and saved and loved.'
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May 18, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - ROSELENE DUCELUS, left, breaks down and cries after the successful surgery of her son, LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, as she is comforted by MONIQUE PASCO CHILD of Sutter Memorial Hospital. Sacramento Metro Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW, interpreter PIERRE LAGUERRE and other staff members observe Lovensky's first hour in intensive care following his open-heart surgery.
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May 18, 2010 - West Sacramento, California, U.S. - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE laughs as he looks up from the scar from his open-heart surgery, while he waits for his final post-surgery examination, nineteen days after surgery by his pediatric cardiologist Dr. Fallah.
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Apr. 20, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - The whole room lights-up in smiles as PIERRE LAGUERRE hi-five's LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE as they wait to be discharged from the hospital five day after open heart surgery. BARBIE LAW, left, and ROSELENE DUCELUS, center, are happy with the success of the operation.
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Apr. 20, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - 7-year-old LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE walks out of the Intensive Care unit of Sutter Memorial Hospital wearing his hospital clothing five days after his successful open-heart surgery surrounded by Sacramento Metro Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW, mom ROSELENE DUCELUS, and interpreter PIERRE LAGUERRE Barbie Law, constantly worried about the frailness of Lovensky and didn't want him to hurt himself and upset the surgical repair.
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Apr. 20, 2010 - Sacramento, California, U.S. - Sacramento Metropolitan District Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW hugs LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE as he goes to the home of PIERRE LAGUERRE with his mom, ROSELENE DUCELUS after he was discharged from Sutter Memorial Hospital five days after his open-heart surger. A reserved Barbie Law showed her emotional happiness when Lovensky left the hospital.
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Apr. 23, 2010 - Elk Grove, California, U.S. - PIERRE LAGUERRE rubs the head of LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE with affection at the dinner in his home where Lovensky and his mother are staying during his stay in the United States for his open-heart surgery. Pierre gave Lovensky the closed cropped haircut the day before.
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Apr. 23, 2010 - Elk Grove, California, U.S. - PIERRE LAGUERRE holds hands with his son, JEPSEN LAGUERRE, 9; neighborhood friend MIRANDA GOCH,13; LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, 7; wife, CARMELLE LAGUERRE; and SUMER HIGHLAND, 5, as they bless their food at dinner. Lovensky's mom, ROSELENE DUCELUS, works in the kitchen preparing another plate of chicken, rice and beans for the meal. A bag full of candy and treat sits next to Lovensky on the dinner table. He has to wait until he finishes his dinner before he may eat the treats. Eight days after surgery, Lovensky has to take it easy to protect the surgical area inside of his body. He is playing Wii on the big screen television in the family room.
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May 1, 2010 - Elk Grove, California, U.S. - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE looks at the menu of the Wii game on the big screen television in the family room and tells JEPSON LAGUERRE whcih game he would like to play. When Lovensky lived in Carrefour, Haiti he had no television, computer or computer games. Once he came to live the the LaGuerre's he learned how to play Wii and spent most of his time playing the game while he waited for his surgery and during his post-op recovery. The two boys became close during the 44 day stay in the United States. Once he came to live the the LaGuerre's he learned how to play Wii and spent most of his time playing the game while he waited for his surgery and during his post-op recovery.
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May 5, 2010 - West Sacramento, California, U.S. - Sacramento Metro Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW throws her arms in the air demonstrating to LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE how to help medical assistant JANAI VERNOTT remove his shirt for the final examination nineteen day after surgery by Pediatric cardiologist Hessam Fallah, M.D. Barbie Law contacted Dr. Hessan Fallah who petitioned Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento to perform the boy's surgical repair for free. All of the doctors as well as the medical center donated their services.
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May 5, 2010 - West Sacramento, California, U.S. - 7-year-old LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE throws out the opening pitch to River Cats FERNANDO HERNANDEZ at the River Cats game after his open-heart surgery less than three weeks ago The 7-year-old Haitian boy who was brought to the United States to have his congenital heart defect repaired. The boy was discovered in Haiti by a Sacramento fire captain Barbie Law while she was volunteering at a clinic in Carrefour, Haiti.
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May 8, 2010 - Elk Grove, California, U.S. - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE drives neighbor's Jordan Guch, 6, electric car up and down the street playing wearing a pair of tanning goggles. He drove and drove the car until the battery needed recharging. Alexandre and his mom, Roselene Ducelus, stayed with Pierre LaGuerre's, a Haitian-born, Creole-speaking emergency room admissions supervisor. He invited the boy and his mother to his five-bedroom Elk Grove home, filled with suburban American comforts.
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May 11, 2010 - Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Sacramento Metropolitan District Fire Capt. BARBIE LAW and ROSELENE DUCELUS check-in at the Sacramento Airport for the return trip to Carrefour, Haiti as LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE waits nervously to return home May 12, 2010. Both he and his mother wanted to stay in the United States but they were on a Humanitarian Parole and they had to return when he was well enough to travel home.
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May 12, 2010 - Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Relief International drove Lovensky Alexandre and Roselene Ducelus and transported a 16-by-16-foot military tent donated from the Sacramento chapter of the United Nations Association to the hillside neighborhood of Carrefour located southwest of Port-au-Prince where they will living in the small yard of her niece. The dusty two-hour ten miles trip from the Port-au-Prince airport drove past many earthquake damaged structures and temporary living shelters of tents and salvaged materials.
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May 12, 2010 - Carrefour, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE runs through the backyard of his cousin's home in Haiti where his family plans to set up as a temporary home. Water runs over the rocky yard when it rains and the structure is shared by other families.
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May 12, 2010 - Carrefour, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, wearing a light blue fleece glove, settles in with his family at his cousin's home. His brother, HEBERTSON ALEXANDRE, 15, tries to adjust the television station broadcasting a soccer match as his cousin, JAMY DENIS, center, looks through the backpack with toys and books that Lovensky brought home. Roselene Ducelas and her four children are sharing a 10-by-10 foot room with her niece and her three family members as they return to Haiti. Roselene is planning on moving to her mom's home in the countryside town of Les Caynes for a few months.
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May 12, 2010 - Carrefour, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE, right, peaks out under a US aid tarp covering te sleeping area in the back yard of his cousin's home with his brother, ANDERSON ALEXANDRE, 10, and cousin MIRLENE DENIS. Lovensky and his mom, Roselene, are staying temporarily at her niece's home before they move out to her mom home in the countryside in Les Cayes, Haiti. Alexandre wears a light blue fleece glove on his right hand as a security blanket when he is nervous.
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May 18, 2010 - West Sacramento, California, U.S. - LOVENSKY ALEXANDRE feels the scar from his open-heart surgery while he waits for the final examination 19 days after surgery.
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