A bunch of burly Pleasant Point and Mackenzie men shaved their beards off and now plan to remain unshaven for the next four months to raise funds for Starship Hospital.
Mum Doreen Rudolph and big brother Harvey Hodge, 3, have been by Rosaly’s side for those 11½ weeks – a stay mostly in Starship Children’s Hospital that has included two operations to date. “She’s a fighter,” Rudolph said of Rosaly. “She’s lovely. She’s ‘talking’, making these sounds. She’s happy. One smile, it makes my day.”
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Rosaly has had two operations so far. Rosaly had hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The left side of her heart did not develop properly, which affected the circulation of blood throughout Rosaly’s body, Rudolph said. When the heart defect was detected, abortion was recommended but Rudolph and Rosaly’s dad, Croydon Hodge, declined. They wanted to at least meet their daughter and hold her.
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