This 13-year-old's Liver Is Irreversibly Damaged And It Is Now Causing His Lungs To Fail

"Santosh looks bluish all the time because his body is not getting enough oxygen. He has extremely low BP along with fever. He is so weak, and cries out if he has to sit up or walk. My son is only 13, and he is bedridden."13-year-old Santosh is the youngest son of Shivananda and Madan. He has been suffering from liver disease since he was just 6 months old. Delay in arranging money for his treatment has only caused his condition to deteriorate. While the parents thought that he would become better, in all these years he’s slowly been slipping away“When Santosh was just 6 months old, he had a fever and his blood pressure dropped so much that we thought he would pass away that night. The doctor told us not to worry, that he had jaundice. Madan and I thought he’ll get better after a while.”Months passed by and Santosh’s liver condition only worsened. He cried all the time in pain, was not able to eat. His temperature kept spiking up every day. Santosh has a condition called cr
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If These Parents Cannot Buy Medicines For Daughter's Liver Disease She Will End Up With Liver Failure

“Sneha’s liver is inching close to failure by the day and only certain advanced medicines and therapy can save her. Till now, we have somehow managed to get her proper care by borrowing a lumpsum from local moneylenders, but we cannot do that for long as our expenses are exceeding our income right now. We cannot take loans from banks because we do not have any property that we can pledge. On one hand, we have to worry about our daughter who is not even able to eat a morsel of food properly, and on the other, we don’t know how we will pay back the loans we have taken till now for her treatment” - Selvaraj, father of 17-year-old Sneha.Vijaya and Selvaraj are trying their best to keep their daughter positive, but Sneha's hope is fading everydayJust two months back, Sneha was preparing for her 12th board exams; today she is forced to stay at home due to her illnessSneha had scored over 85% in her 10th board exams and was studying hard to score better this time. Sudden episodes of
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2-year-old Whose Parents Could Never Afford Food Or A Bed, Is Lying In The Hospital Fighting Cancer

“How will I know what cancer is? I have not studied. I do not even understand when they explain to me. I just know it is something to do with my son’s blood, and he could die because of it. When I do not know what it is, how can I tell my wife and child?”Sravani and Anjaneyulu are daily wage laborers from a village in Guntur district. The family must work all day long to earn one decent meal. In such a condition, their 2-year-old son fell sick. He has been diagnosed with blood cancer. Sravani and Anjaneyulu do not have the means to pay for the treatment that can save his life.This 2-year-old never had a bed at home, and now he is on the hospital bed“Fever usually goes in a few days. We do not have to do anything except keep warm and drink kashaya. This is what villagers do. If we go to the doctor get English medicines, we won’t be able to buy food for a week. That is why we have the elders treat the children. My son’s fever did not reduce for weeks. We had no choice but to
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This Wife Says She Will Follow Her Husband In Death If He Does Not Beat Cancer

One day, my parents came to me and said, ‘We have found a man for you.’ I knew they were looking to get me married, but I never thought it would be so soon. I hoped the man was in our village. I did not want to leave my parents behind, but it turned out, he lived somewhere else. At the time, we were never given much of a choice. If parents liked the boy, they would get you married. I hoped I would like him. And I did. Our love was arranged. It grew stronger through the years, but I’m afraid love is not enough to save my husband.Nagaraj and I ran a roadside store, until 2 years ago. We were going back home on the scooter, when I heard a popping sound. Suddenly he lost control of the vehicle. We almost fell. He was screaming in pain. He said the bone broke on his left arm. His shoulder started swelling. We immediately went to a bone doctor.I thought it was a fracture or sprain. The doctor should have told us to get an X-ray. Instead, he sent us for an MRI. When that came back, he
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After Losing Crops To Rain, Farmer Family Struggles To Continue 5-year-old's Cancer Treatment

“A farmer only sees loss all his life. While my son is in the hospital with cancer and I am in another hospital looking after my father, rain has destroyed my crops. I have no choice but to save them both, but with what?.” - Srinivas, Hema Srinivas' father.5-year-old Hema Srinivas' parents wanted to send him to school this year. Instead, he is in the hospital, fighting a deadly form of blood cancer. His treatment has already been delayed by months and he needs intensive chemotherapy to beat cancer. His parents are daily-wage workers who face a terrible reality – saving their son through crippling poverty.  Hema was looking forward to school – but cancer became his futureBecause his mother was pregnant with his sister last year, she decided to send him to the Anganwadi center in their village, KB Palem, instead of the school. Barely six months in, he became very sick with fever. When the fever did not go away for over a month, his parents decided to take him to a doctor in th
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8-Month-Old Baby Girl Fighting Two Types Of Blood Cancer Is Critical In The ICU And Needs Help

“I keep calling out to her, saying her name. I talk to her like how I would when she was awake, but she hasn’t woken up in 6 days now. She can’t even breathe on her own and the infection has caused her stomach to swell up. Her condition is so critical, she’s fighting a mix of two types of blood cancer at the same time.”The 10 minutes that Yogitha gets with Sayuktha every few hours in the PICU is the only thing she looks forward to now. Even though she can’t hold her, she’s hopeful just watching her 8-month-old get the treatment she needs. Unfortunately, baby Sayuktha’s condition is extremely critical and she needs to stay on in the PICU for a few more days. However, her fight doesn’t end there. Baby Sayuktha also needs chemotherapy to beat blood cancer. Sayuktha is running out of time, and her parents are desperately looking for a way to continue treatment.Baby Sayuktha is fighting two types of cancer at once8 months ago, Yogitha, Sachin and their son, Suyog (7),
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Father Forced To Sleep On The Roadside Struggles To Save Baby Girl Born With Heart On The Wrong Side

 “As soon as my wife gave birth, instead of hearing that she and the baby were doing good, I was told that my baby girl had a serious heart condition. The doctors at the government hospital told us that there was no time to waste; we had to immediately move her to a good hospital or she would die. I had not received my daily wages for that day, but my wife, Ashwini, our newborn baby girl and I left for the next train to Chennai from our hometown of Tiruvannamalai”-Venkatesan, father of 28-day-old Sakthi, who is fighting for her life in the ICU now.Baby Sakthi was born with her heart on the right side with her vessels abnormally connected, thereby making her body receive less oxygenated bloodAshiwini made sure she used to go for regular scans during her pregnancy, despite her family’s poverty. None of the scans had showed that her baby had a grave problem like this. Baby Sakthi’s heart is functioning abnormally because oxygenated blood is getting stuck in lung circulation whi
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