Published: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Iraqi boy living in Snohomish out of hospital after facial surgery
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Dan Bates / The Herald
Dr. Joseph Gruss examines Muhammed "Hamoody" Jauda's face at Children's Hospital on Monday before his surgery.
Muhammed "Hamoody" Jauda, an Iraqi boy brought here for medical treatment, was discharged Wednesday afternoon from Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, a day after he received his second reconstructive surgery to reduce the disfiguring scars on his face.
Hamoody was at home in Snohomish on Wednesday evening with his foster parents, Randy and Julie Robinett Smith.
Although Hamoody's face is swollen from the surgery, "he's doing pretty good," his foster mother said.
Hamoody, who is now 5, was brought from Baghdad to Snohomish by Healing the Children, a Spokane-based international nonprofit group, in 2006 to receive medical treatment.
The Shiite boy was shot in the face by Sunni insurgents in May 2005. His right eye was shot out. His left eye was blinded. The injuries left his face scarred and disfigured.
The insurgents killed his uncle, shot his mother in the head and spine, and shot his cousin in the leg. Only his sister escaped the attack without injury.
Hamoody was at home in Snohomish on Wednesday evening with his foster parents, Randy and Julie Robinett Smith.
Although Hamoody's face is swollen from the surgery, "he's doing pretty good," his foster mother said.
Hamoody, who is now 5, was brought from Baghdad to Snohomish by Healing the Children, a Spokane-based international nonprofit group, in 2006 to receive medical treatment.
The Shiite boy was shot in the face by Sunni insurgents in May 2005. His right eye was shot out. His left eye was blinded. The injuries left his face scarred and disfigured.
The insurgents killed his uncle, shot his mother in the head and spine, and shot his cousin in the leg. Only his sister escaped the attack without injury.
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