TV show looks at Davik's journey

Davik Teng plays in the village of Svay Chrom in Cambodia before her trip to Long Beach to get lifesaving surgery. (Jeff Gritchen/Staff Photographer)

Press-Telegram Long Beach

By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
09/05/2008

Davik Teng, the Cambodian girl brought to the United States for life-altering open-
heart surgery by a Long Beach nonprofit earlier this year, will be featured on network television this weekend.

She will be one of four children spotlighted Sunday at 3:30 p.m., on KABC-TV Channel 7 in a show titled "Imagine - A Celebration of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles."

The documentary, produced and paid for by Childrens Hospital, will examine Davik's journey from rural Cambodia to repair of a ventricular septal defect, or hole, in her heart.

Davik's journey was covered by the Press-Telegram. For these stories, photos of Davik's visit and the multimedia presentation, visit

http://lang.presstelegram.com/flash/cambodia/index.asp.

To learn more about Hearts Without Boundaries, the nonprofit that helped Davik and is now working to get similar surgery for a young boy, visit www.heartswithoutboundaries.org.