Help Save Baby Tiara's Heart

At 10 months old, she should be discovering the world, taking her first steps and filling her family's home with laughter. But right now, she is facing a fight for her life.

Until the end of January
Baby Tiaraoluwa

Tiara's story

Tiaraoluwa is a 10-month-old baby girl. In September 2026, at 9 months old, she was brought to hospital in Osogbo with fever and breathing problems. Her heart condition makes feeding tiring and difficult for her, despite the family's care.

On 24 September 2026 an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at Biket Medical Centre, Cardiac Consultation Unit, Osogbo first found her heart condition: truncus arteriosus, a large hole in her heart and severe high blood pressure in her lungs. Lifeline Hospital, Osogbo then referred her to the paediatric cardiologist at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife.

On 26 October 2026 a referral cardiac CT scan at ABUAD Multi System Hospital, Ado Ekiti, confirmed the diagnosis. Her doctors recommend open-heart surgery, which will be done at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife.

The cost is far beyond what our family can carry alone. Every naira, every prayer and every share brings Tiara closer to a healthy heart. Thank you.

Age10 months
Goal₦25,000,000
First diagnosed24 Sep 2026 · Echo, Biket Medical Centre
Confirmed26 Oct 2026 · Cardiac CT, ABUAD
Surgery atOAUTHC, Ile-Ife, Osun State

Her diagnosis, in plain words

Truncus arteriosusA single large artery leaves her heart instead of two separate ones (one to the body, one to the lungs). The echo recorded it as Type II; the later CT described it as Collett-Edwards Type I.
A large hole in the heartA ventricular septal defect between the two lower chambers, about 11 mm on the CT.
What it meansThe echo found severe high blood pressure in her lungs and weakened pumping of her heart.
What she needsOpen-heart surgery, planned at OAUTHC, Ile-Ife.

Where the surgery will happen

Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC)Ilesa Road, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. A federal teaching hospital.
Children's heart surgery teamOAUTHC's Department of Surgery has a Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery unit. The hospital says it offers heart surgery for children and adults, including repair of holes in the heart (VSD).

Tiara's tests were done at Biket Medical Centre and The Place Soteria Radiodiagnostics (Osogbo) and ABUAD Multi System Hospital (Ado Ekiti). Those centres did diagnosis only; the surgery is planned at OAUTHC. Source: oauthc.com

Medical reports

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Echocardiography report · 24/09/2026 · first diagnosis
Biket Medical Centre, Cardiac Consultation Unit, Osogbo
  • Truncus arteriosus (recorded as Type II on this report): a single vessel overriding a large hole between the lower chambers (membranous VSD).
  • The right side of the heart is enlarged and thickened, and the left ventricle's pumping is weakened (ejection fraction 36%; the report's normal range is 64–83%).
  • Severe pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs), estimated at 85 mmHg.
  • A patent foramen ovale (a small opening between the upper chambers) and a leaking tricuspid valve were also seen. No fluid around the heart on this scan.

Plain-language summaries written by the family from the reports. Please see the reports for the doctors' exact wording.

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