https://n2v.paloaltoonline.com/square/print/2015/12/23/russian-family-travels-to-menlo-park-for-gift-of-hearing


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Russian family travels to Menlo Park for 'gift of hearing'

Original post made on Dec 23, 2015

Rimma Krivtsova and her 5-year-old son Ivan "Vanya" Priimak who was born without two fully-formed ears, traveled to California from Russia for an ear reconstruction surgery at the California Ear Institute in East Palo Alto.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, December 23, 2015, 7:34 AM

Comments

Posted by Midtowner
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 23, 2015 at 3:35 pm

This is a heartwarming story, but one wonders why some of the money Russia spent invading Ukraine couldn't have been used to heal their own children.


Posted by Does Putin Know About This?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 23, 2015 at 3:39 pm

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Posted by Lola
a resident of Woodside
on Jan 28, 2016 at 8:39 am

Hello This is a great news You gave a happiness to this child. I understand his mom how it is hard when your child have a difficulty of hearing. My daughter also have a microtia from left side. She is 19 now and hearing is getting worst while she is growing. I wish to have that kind of surgery for my daughter too. If I can get suggestions or advice my
E-mail: lola_rajabiy@yahoo.com.
Thanks god we have this doctors. God bless them!