Reporter: 7-YEAR-OLD

IRWIN WANTED TO PLAY LIKE

THE OTHER KIDS.

HE SIMPLY WASN'T ABLE TO.

WHEN I RUN, THE HERNIA

PAIN GOT EVEN WORSE, SO I

STOPPED PLAYING.

Reporter: IRWIN HAS HAD

THE HERNIA SINCE BIRTH, BUT

ONLY RECENTLY IT HAS GOTTEN

WORSE.

THE PAIN BECAME SO SEVERE HE

HAD TO STOP GOING TO SCOL.

TO SCHOOL.

HIS MOM HAD TO QUIT HER JOB

TO STAY HOME WITH HIM.

IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT

SINCE I QUIT MY JOB.

Reporter:

I WANTED TO WORK SO MY

MOM COULD ALWAYS BE HERE

WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER.

Reporter: WHEN

"OPERATION BLESSING" LEARNED

ABOUT THE PROBLEM, WE

ARRANGED FOR THE BOY TO HAVE

THE SURGERY.

A FEW WEEKS LATER, IRWIN WAS

AS GOOD AS NEW.

THE DOCTORS TOLD ME I'M

ALREADY HEALED AND CAN SPRAY

OR JUMP.

THAT'S WHY I AM SO HAPPY.

I GIVE THANKS TO

"OPERATION BLESSING" BECAUSE

THANKS TO YOU, MY SON

RECEIVED THE SURGERY.

MY LITTLE BROTHER IS

HEALED THANKS TO "OPERATION

BLESSING."

NOW HE IS A NEW BOY.

THANKS, "OPERATION

BLESSING," FOR MY SURGERY.