We really love getting updates and photos of all the children we’ve helped at the Little Baby Face Foundation, and we hope you love reading their updates as much as we do! Today, we’re sharing Reena’s incredible journey with you.
We really love getting updates and photos of all the children we’ve helped at the Little Baby Face Foundation, and we hope you love reading their updates as much as we do! Today, we’re sharing Reena’s incredible journey with you.
Meet Reena, an incredible 11-year-old girl from Bulacan in the Philippines. Reena was born with a venous malformation on her lower lip, chin, gum, and tongue. An abnormal connection between the arteries and the veins, a venous malformation can be dangerous because it can rupture and cause bleeding. A venous malformation on the mouth area can be extremely painful and difficult to eat.
To be able to speak, drink, and eat comfortably up until very recently have been a faraway dream for Reena. All of these basic things that we take for granted have been weighing on Reena and her family since her birth. Just take a minute to imagine not ever having experienced speaking, drinking, and eating without pain. It’s just unimaginable, right? Especially for a child. This is exactly what motivates us to keep fighting for children like Reena and their families to get world-class medical treatment. No child should have to live with this kind of pain, and no parent should have to see their child suffer daily.
Luckily, Reena’s parents, Rinaldo and Disiree, found the Little Baby Face Foundation online while researching her condition and applied for Reena to receive treatment for her venous malformation. Reena flew to New York City with her mother for the first time in 2017 to have her first surgery. She also received treatment in 2018 and 2019, and we’ve been in touch with her family regularly throughout the years and during the pandemic.
We are thrilled to announce that Reena has just completed her 4th visit with two laser treatments and is recuperating well.. We are confident that Reena’s treatment will truly change her life. It already has. Reena is now able to speak, drink, and eat pain-free.
The Little Baby Face Foundation provides free facial reconstruction surgery to children like Reena with facial birth defects. 80% of the children we serve are in the U.S., and all of the children are indigent. Our international cases most often do not have access to the world-class care that we can provide. We currently have a waiting list of 70 children waiting to receive treatment. If you’d like to help us on our mission, you can do so by making a donation of any size here. We truly could not do what we do without the support of our donors.
To be able to speak, drink, and eat comfortably up until very recently have been a faraway dream for Reena. All of these basic things that we take for granted have been weighing on Reena and her family since her birth. Just take a minute to imagine not ever having experienced speaking, drinking, and eating without pain. It’s just unimaginable, right? Especially for a child. This is exactly what motivates us to keep fighting for children like Reena and their families to get world-class medical treatment. No child should have to live with this kind of pain, and no parent should have to see their child suffer daily.
Luckily, Reena’s parents, Rinaldo and Disiree, found the Little Baby Face Foundation online while researching her condition and applied for Reena to receive treatment for her venous malformation. Reena flew to New York City with her mother for the first time in 2017 to have her first surgery. She also received treatment in 2018 and 2019, and we’ve been in touch with her family regularly throughout the years and during the pandemic.
We are thrilled to announce that Reena has just completed her 4th visit with two laser treatments and is recuperating well.. We are confident that Reena’s treatment will truly change her life. It already has. Reena is now able to speak, drink, and eat pain-free.
The Little Baby Face Foundation provides free facial reconstruction surgery to children like Reena with facial birth defects. 80% of the children we serve are in the U.S., and all of the children are indigent. Our international cases most often do not have access to the world-class care that we can provide. We currently have a waiting list of 70 children waiting to receive treatment. If you’d like to help us on our mission, you can do so by making a donation of any size here. We truly could not do what we do without the support of our donors.
Meet Reena, an incredible 11-year-old girl from Bulacan in the Philippines. Reena was born with a venous malformation on her lower lip, chin, gum, and tongue. An abnormal connection between the arteries and the veins, a venous malformation can be dangerous because it can rupture and cause bleeding. A venous malformation on the mouth area can be extremely painful and difficult to eat.
To be able to speak, drink, and eat comfortably up until very recently have been a faraway dream for Reena. All of these basic things that we take for granted have been weighing on Reena and her family since her birth. Just take a minute to imagine not ever having experienced speaking, drinking, and eating without pain. It’s just unimaginable, right? Especially for a child. This is exactly what motivates us to keep fighting for children like Reena and their families to get world-class medical treatment. No child should have to live with this kind of pain, and no parent should have to see their child suffer daily.
Luckily, Reena’s parents, Rinaldo and Disiree, found the Little Baby Face Foundation online while researching her condition and applied for Reena to receive treatment for her venous malformation. Reena flew to New York City with her mother for the first time in 2017 to have her first surgery. She also received treatment in 2018 and 2019, and we’ve been in touch with her family regularly throughout the years and during the pandemic.
We are thrilled to announce that Reena has just completed her 4th visit with two laser treatments and is recuperating well.. We are confident that Reena’s treatment will truly change her life. It already has. Reena is now able to speak, drink, and eat pain-free.
The Little Baby Face Foundation provides free facial reconstruction surgery to children like Reena with facial birth defects. 80% of the children we serve are in the U.S., and all of the children are indigent. Our international cases most often do not have access to the world-class care that we can provide. We currently have a waiting list of 70 children waiting to receive treatment. If you’d like to help us on our mission, you can do so by making a donation of any size here. We truly could not do what we do without the support of our donors.
To be able to speak, drink, and eat comfortably up until very recently have been a faraway dream for Reena. All of these basic things that we take for granted have been weighing on Reena and her family since her birth. Just take a minute to imagine not ever having experienced speaking, drinking, and eating without pain. It’s just unimaginable, right? Especially for a child. This is exactly what motivates us to keep fighting for children like Reena and their families to get world-class medical treatment. No child should have to live with this kind of pain, and no parent should have to see their child suffer daily.
Luckily, Reena’s parents, Rinaldo and Disiree, found the Little Baby Face Foundation online while researching her condition and applied for Reena to receive treatment for her venous malformation. Reena flew to New York City with her mother for the first time in 2017 to have her first surgery. She also received treatment in 2018 and 2019, and we’ve been in touch with her family regularly throughout the years and during the pandemic.
We are thrilled to announce that Reena has just completed her 4th visit with two laser treatments and is recuperating well.. We are confident that Reena’s treatment will truly change her life. It already has. Reena is now able to speak, drink, and eat pain-free.
The Little Baby Face Foundation provides free facial reconstruction surgery to children like Reena with facial birth defects. 80% of the children we serve are in the U.S., and all of the children are indigent. Our international cases most often do not have access to the world-class care that we can provide. We currently have a waiting list of 70 children waiting to receive treatment. If you’d like to help us on our mission, you can do so by making a donation of any size here. We truly could not do what we do without the support of our donors.
If your child was born with Venous Malformation and you’re looking for help, please contact us using the form below.
If your child was born with Venous Malformation and you’re looking for help, please contact us using the form below.