Kevin
In June 2023, Kevin became the newest member of a four-generation household in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. His 30-year-old mother, Alexandra, left her job as a legal assistant to care for Kevin, leaving Kevin’s dad, Carlos, also 30, to sustain the eight-member household on his income as a manager at Pollos Imba, a large chicken producer.
Immediately after he was born, his family noticed his fingers and lips turning a deep shade of blue when he cried. Kevin was diagnosed with a severely narrowed pulmonary valve. His case was especially complex, leading the specialists to debate at length the risks and benefits of an attempted surgical reconstruction of the malformed artery. Kevin would not survive much longer without surgery, so when he was just six weeks old, the experienced team at the Incor Clinic in Santa Cruz proceeded to operate. Unfortunately, Kevin passed away two days after surgery.