Friday, 3 November 2017

This Auto-driver Sold His Auto To Save His Son From Brain Fever And It Is Still Not Enough


“I keep staring at him for hours wondering if he will ever come back to us, come back home, alive.”Manoj is a first-generation graduate. Born to an auto driver, this 18-year-old dreams of giving his parents a peaceful retirement. About 10 days ago, Manoj had a fever which turned out to be meningitis. His condition deteriorated until he ended up in a coma. Although he awoke from the state, Manoj is still battling the disease and needs your help to recover.We thought it was just a fever, it turned out to be brain fever Manoj’s parents, Venkatesh and Manjula are from a low-income household. Venkatesh drives and auto all day long to make Rs. 1000, while Manjula cares for the household. They just gave their daughter’s hand in marriage, and are proud of their son who graduated with a diploma. Manoj is currently training at Wipro.“He had a fever that lasted 3 days. His tests came back normal, but the headache was severe and persistent. We went to the ophthalmologist. Even, ther
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3-year-old Swati Urgently Needs a Heart Surgery to Lead a Normal Life


3-year-old Swati Mishra is like any other baby her age. Restless and mischievous, a passing glance will not show anyone what a terrible condition she is suffering from. Swati has arterial septal disease, or a massive hole in her small heart. It means she has trouble breathing because her heart doesn't pump at full capacity. Swati heart condition was caught a few months back, when her father took her to a doctor for a mild but persistent cold and cough. Working on a strong suspicion, the doctors decided to conduct a heart echo test as they suspected a defect in her heart.Open-heart surgery is Swati's only option to surviveAfter many tests, the suspicion became real. What is worse is that the hole in Swati's heart is getting worse, and doctors recommend urgent open heart surgery at the earliest. Swati's parents have been warned that any delay could be fatal to their daughter's life."She is our only child, and we love her dearly. Since we found out about her heart condition, we can hard
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25-year-old Man Battling Cancer Is Struggling To Save His 4-year-old Son From Dying Of Liver Disease


“Mentally, he is stronger than we can ever be, but how long can his 4-year-old body fight a disease like this? He is bleeding all the time! He is already bedridden with a fracture. If I cannot save him now, I may lose him forever.”Manish just celebrated his 5th birthday. He was not jumping on his bed screaming “It’s my birthday! I’m a big boy now!” like other children. He did not have a party or even a cake. Instead, he is on a bed, with a fracture, and worse, a liver disease that is killing him. Manish’s father, a 25-year-old man fighting cancer, irons clothes for a living, and struggles to fund a liver transplant to save his son.He was diagnosed with liver disease when he was 3 months oldIt started when Manish was just 3 months old. He kept having blood clots all over his body. His father, Raju, would rush him to the hospital several times to find out why his son bruised so easily. After multiple visits, the doctor suggested a blood test. His hemoglobin levels were e
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This Father Left His Job To Look After His Daughter Who Needs To Undergo Urgent Bone Marrow Transplant


Pramod Sawant, father to 7-year-old Purva Sawant cannot remember a time when he wasn't sitting in the waiting room of a hospital or standing in a long queue to collect his daughter's medical reports. The family's life changed when Purva developed a terrible blood disorder."Since she turned 5, frequent visits to the hospital is what kept her alive. Two years later, we feel like we are finished -- emotionally and financially!" said Pramod.This child lose her innocence when she was diagnosed with a condition this gravePurva used to be like any other child her age. Curious and active, her parents would not have known anything was wrong, if not for a chance hospital visit two years back. Purva developed a lingering fever and an intense pain in her joints. She had to drop out of her school that she had just started. The doctors told her parents it was Aplastic Anaemia.Aplastic anaemia is a rare condition in which the body stops producing enough new blood cells due to a failing bone marrow.
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Thursday, 2 November 2017

These Farmers From Rural West Bengal Need Urgent Help To Save Their 8-year-old Daughter From Brain Cancer


She was in school that day when it happened. Spasms in her right hand, scaring her half to death. Shreyasee’s friends told the teacher, and they called us. We rushed there to take her to the doctor. This was the second time. Something was obviously wrong. We never thought it would be a tumor.8-year-old Shreyasee is a 3rd standard student at a rural school in a village near Kolkata, West Bengal. About a month ago, she began having unexplained spasms and tingling sensation in her right hand. When the feeling spread to her leg, her father rushed her to the hospital where she was diagnosed with brain tumor. Although she was operated, Shreyasee’s tumor turned out to be cancerous, and she needs chemotherapy as well as a stem cell transplant to beat the disease.They traveled from West Bengal to Bangalore in search of a cureFor daily-wage farmers, Gautam and Neetu Patra, their daughter’s illness came as a shock. They did not know how to react when she complained of twitching and spas
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Doctors Have Given 6-month-old Baby Syed 10 Days to Get an Emergency Liver Transplant


6-month-old Baby Syed was born healthy and his family was thrilled to welcome a second child, but sadly their happiness did not last long. Baby Syed has end-stage liver disease and his life is in danger. Baby Syed needs to undergo a liver transplant immediately to survive.Baby Syed needs to undergo a liver transplant immediatelyHe has to undergo liver transplantation at the earliestBaby Syed is the second child of Azamathulla and Aysha, from Bhatkal, Karnataka. Three months back, his parents noticed that his body turned yellowish and they were terrified. He was already taking medication for low appetite and nausea. Many tests and scan, his liver disease was diagnosed. The only cure is a liver transplant. Father is donating a part of his liver to save son’s lifeAzamathulla and Aysha decided to go to Chennai for treatment for a second opinion. The doctors again confirmed that only a liver transplant was a solution. His father has volunteered to donate part of his liver to save his li
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This 2-month-old Was Born With A Horrible Heart Defect That Might End His Life Without An Urgent Surgery


Naitik is 2 months old. Instead of being coddled by his parents and discovering this new world, he is fighting for every breath in the ICU on the ventilator. Unfortunately, Naitik was born with a heart defect. He has already had one surgery and needs another open-heart surgery to survive. His father, a plumber, is now fraught to save his life.One month old and chased by deathManoj and Mamta could not have asked for more when their son was born. They were on cloud nine right from the day he came home, but things turned around very soon. Naitik was just 1-month-old when he began having trouble breathing.“I could see his nostrils flaring. It was as if he was trying to get all the air in the room. I was watching my son suffocating. I called an ambulance and took him to the hospital. The doctor said he had a heart problem and he needed a surgery immediately. Unfortunately, no hospital in Dehradun was equipped to perform the surgery. We were referred to Apollo Delhi.”As far as he kn
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