Appeal starts to send boy for surgery

Press, 15 February 1986, Page 9

Appeal starts to send boy for surgery

PA Tauranga A Greerton woman, Mrs Jeanette Kendall, hopes that an appeal by the Tauranga Kiwanis Club will raise $50,000 to send her and her nine-year-old son to Adelaide for surgery that may change his life. When Torran Kendall was two years old, his face was crushed and he suffered brain damage -when a log crashed through the windscreen of the family car. Although he has had a series of operations, a fracture of the skull is allowing part of his brain to seep through and his eyes are crooked and unable to focus. Surgeons believe that surgery Torran could get

i in Australia could help his ; constant headaches, poor ; vision and appearance. • Subsequently, they hope it > may change his hyperI active personality and beI haviour, which were af- - fected by the accident. 5 Although Torran had been treated at 1 Middlemore Hospital until 3 now, surgeons there be- > lieved he should be sent ; to Adelaide where he 1 could get more specialf ised neuro and plastic surgery, Mrs Kendall said. i The Tauranga Kiwanis i Club secretary, Mr St 5 Clair Perry, estimates the i cost of surgery and Mrs s Kendall’s stay would be at least $50,000. Torran is a pupil of t Tauranga South Primary t School