Soksamnang Vy, a 1-year-old Cambodian boy recovering from open-heart surgery, will soon be heading back to his native country and a new life with a healthy heart.
Before he leaves, however, "Hearts Without Boundaries," which helped broker a deal with a Las Vegas hospital to perform the life-altering procedure, will play host to a going away party for the boy and his mother.
Lucky and his mother, Ratha Pang, are from a poor village outside of Phnom Penh. The boy was diagnosed with a dime-sized hole in his heart called a ventricular septal defect. He is the second child the fledgling nonprofit has brought to the U.S. The first, 9-year-old Davik Teng, is healthy and lives in Svay Chrom, a village outside of Battambang.
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