Farmer Has Spent 8 Years Trying To Save His Child From Blood Cancer And Now He Needs Your Help

“He got cancer when he was three. We thought we would do the treatment and then he would be free. But when he had continuous fever again, we came straight to Bangalore.” – Bhushan, Druthin's father.Bhushan and Savita are Doddagadduvalli, a small village in Hassan, Karnataka. Their son Druthin was diagnosed with cancer when he was only 3. After treatment for the next three years, Druthin was better and needed only maintenance chemotherapy. Unfortunately, after five years, his cancer is back and chemotherapy is not enough to save Druthin anymore. In the last five years, Druthin grew up to be a smart, loving child“We are both only class 10 passouts. We wanted our children to study well, but after Druthin's cancer – we just want them to be healthy. Druthin loves everyone so much. He tells us he is better now and that we should go home. We remind him that we can't and he's too tired to argue any more. What else can he do?” – Savita, Druthin's mother.Druthin was on maintenanc
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Daily Wagers Can't Save Their 5-Year-Old From Aggressive Blood Cancer That Will Quickly Spread Without Treatment

“Every night, I tell him one of his favourite stories in the hope that at least for those few minutes, he forgets about the excruciating pain he’s in. I tell him about a boy who climbs a hill after everyone tells him he can’t, and he says “amma one day even I will be like him.” But it’s been one month since our Jotu has been laying on this hospital bed, weak and helpless because of cancer. He doesn’t have long without treatment.” – Saraswathi, Jotyippa’s mother.Little Jotyippa’s greatest fear is that he will be poked with needles every day, for the rest of his life. Every time he sees a nurse walking towards his bed, he grabs his mother’s arm and cries. Saraswathi tries her best to comfort her son, but Jotyippa continues to tremble. While Jotyippa fears needles, Saraswathi and Balu fear losing him to blood cancer every day. They're desperate to save him before it's too late. Jotyippa’s childhood is lost and his future, uncertain because of deadly cancerJoty
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1-Year-Old Critical After Drinking Turpentine Oil Kept In Daycare Center, Needs Immediate Help To Live

"Like everyday, I called the daycare at around 6 p.m. before picking up Sriyansh from there. On the call, all they told me was to come directly to the hospital. When I reached the hospital I saw my little baby lying in the ICU unconscious, his body covered with pipes. My baby who was fit and fine that very morning, is now living on ventilator support,” Bhraminni, Sriyansh’s mother.Baby Sriyansh accidentally drank turpentine oil kept for painting in his daycare center. His heart and lungs are failing and he is struggling to stay alive.  His mother is slipping into depression seeing him die slowly. But Bhraminni and her husband are unable to continue his treatment. They have nothing left to save his life.The place that they had entrusted with the care of their baby has now brought him the worst fateNaveen and Bhraminni are working parents and leaving their 1-year-old baby in daycare was the only way they could manage a livelihood. They left him at the daycare at 10 in the morning a
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This 1-Year-Old Who Accidentally Ingested Turpentine Oil Is Critical And Needs Help

“Like every other day, I called the daycare at around 6 p.m. before picking up Sriyansh from there. On the call, all they told me was to come directly to the hospital. When I reached the hospital I saw my little baby lying in the ICU unconscious, his body covered with pipes. My baby who was fit and fine that very morning, is now living on ventilator support,” Bhraminni, Sriyansh’s mother.The place that they had entrusted with the care of their baby has now brought him the worst fateNaveen and Bhraminni are working parents and leaving their 1-year-old baby in daycare was the only way they could manage a livelihood. They left him at the daycare at 10 in the morning and took him back home at 6 in the evening. This had been the everyday situation until  June 13.“When we went to the hospital we got to know that he had gulped some turpentine oil from a bottle kept at the daycare for painting the walls. All I could think that how could a place that apparently takes care of so many k
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Father Who Might Lose Job Is Struggling To Save 6-year-old With Blood Disorder That Is Fatally Damaging Her Liver

It feels like having no blood in her body wasn’t enough for my little girl, Sanika. Every time we go to the hospital there is some bad news awaiting us. Blood transfusions over the years are taking a toll on my child. Iron deposition in her blood has already caused her liver infection. Now she also has Hepatitis B. I don’t know how much pain my child has to endure.Sanika is our younger daughter and seeing her suffer so much makes Anita and me feel defeated every day. Her sufferings started when she was barely 1. She was white not because she was extraordinarily fair, but because she had no blood in her body. In the first go, we found out that our baby had anemia. But several tests, several hospitals and a lot of injections later we found out that our girl had a disease we never heard of, Thalassemia Major. This is a condition where the body is incapable to produce red blood cells.Since Sanika was a year and a half old, she has been taking blood transfusions every 15-20 days. Now
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6-Year-Old Who Gets Raging Fevers Every Week Is Close To Losing His Life To A Deadly Immune Disease

“My son was born 6 years ago and since then he’s been to the hospital almost twice every month, for a total of 50 times already. In fact, his life has been nothing but being admitted in the hospital and being at home. Now, his condition is so critical and his immunity is so low that any infection can take his life. “ – Mohan, Kedar’s father6-year-old Kedar’s life has been tormented since birth because he’s suffering from a rare immune disease that makes him highly prone to each and every infection out there. Suffering from raging fevers almost every week, now, Kedar is so critical that only a bone marrow transplant can save him. His father Mohan, a very poor farmer, cries every night because he has nothing to save his son.Mohan, Kedar and Aruna (mother) at the hospital6-year-old Kedar has been infected and down with fever almost every week“Since birth, his poor immune system has made him so weak. Due to this, just 2 weeks after birth, he started getting fevers almost
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9-Year-Old With An Underdeveloped Bladder And Failed Kidneys Will Lose Her Life Without An Urgent Surgery

"She's only 9-years-old and all she has experienced in life is pain. Her childhood is consumed by a terrible disease. I don't remember leaving the house to go anywhere else in the past few years except the hospitals. She has frequent urination but her bladder is very small and some amount of urine is always left in the bladder. I have to drain the urine from her bladder atleast 4-5 times a day. She has to go through this painful procedure because only this can keep her infections levels low." -  Madhavi, Chandrika's mother.Chandrika had surgery when she was just 2, now the catheter has become a part of her life When Chandrika was 2-years-old she had a high fever and stomach pain. She was rushed to the hospital and doctors found that she has a rupture in her bladder. She was diagnosed with Vesicoureteral (VUR), an abnormal flow of urine from the bladder back up the tubes that connect kidneys to the bladder. Normally, urine flows only down from kidneys to the bladder. She also had hype
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3-Day-Old Baby Born Without A Food Pipe Is Starving And Needs A Surgery Today

“My son was born on the 17th. He has not had a single drop of breastmilk since birth because he cannot swallow anything. He is so tiny and helpless. He cannot survive another day without help.” - Sarjeet SinghThe baby was crying constantly after birth; his mother could not do anything to comfort himSarjeet’s wife, Saranjeet Kaur, had a smooth pregnancy and her scans never showed any problem. But soon after the baby was born and given to her, she noticed that he would just not feed.“My wife tried everything to get the baby to suckle. Even the nurses at the local hospital in UP where she gave birth, tried everything in their capacity. When nothing helped, the doctors said that we have to take him to a better hospital in Delhi because they could not understand what was wrong with him.” - SarjeetWith his newborn son’s condition getting worse, Sarjeet had no option but to leave his wife behind and rush to DelhiThe baby’s mother Saranjeet was still recovering at the hospital a
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23-Day-Old Baby Born With Intestine Outside His Body Has Few Hours Left To Get A Life-Saving Surgery

“For 20 days, I carried my little baby from one hospital to another, desperately trying to find someone who can save him. Many would look at the intestine outside his body and tell us he can’t be saved. They even asked me to give up. I would then cover him again and go to the next hospital, while he cried all the way. Now I’ve finally found a little hope but he has only a few hours left to get the surgery, and I have nothing left to save him." In the silence of the waiting room outside the ICU, sobs of a helpless father are heard. Sometimes, Fardin sits quietly in a corner in complete shock, while at other times, he paces up and down worried sick about how he’s going to save his youngest son’s life. 23-day-old Mohammad Hasin has been in severe pain ever since birth. He was born with a part of his large intestine outside his body, and without an urgent surgery, baby Hasin doesn’t have long to live.Baby Hasin was turned away from treatment in many hospitals before thisBab
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Deadly Seizures From A Brain Infection Can End This 4-year-old’s Life Without Help

“For the past 15 days, we have been waiting outside the ICU for some good news. But our baby girl hasn’t opened her eyes or even moved a limb yet. She looks lifeless, with all the tubes running through her limp body. I want to call out to her and tell her that we are always there by her side, and that she is safe, but I know she can’t hear me.”-Kiran Kumar, father of 4-year-old Upanya.The last time Upanya spoke to her parents was when she was shivering with a high fever that quickly escalated into seizuresIt was dead in the night when Upanya was tossing and turning in bed with a fever that was getting worse by the minute. Nothing her mother Swarnalata did was easing her condition, and she had to be taken to hospital in Khamam from their village in Thallada at 3 am the next morning.Little Upanya loved going to school and dancing “Her body was burning. We rushed her to the hospital, and she was admitted immediately. On the third night at the hospital, she started getting fits
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Farmer In Debt Can't Save His 3-Year-Old From Heart Disease That Has Stunted His Growth And Is Threatening His Life

“When I see him laughing and playing with the kids, for a fleeting second I feel that he is also normal. But reality strikes me when I see him stop all of a sudden and pant heavily. His heart is failing him day after day…as a poor farmer, I can only wish that I had enough money to fix it”-Sandeep, father of 3-year-old Samar.Samar was born with two holes in his heart that made it difficult for him to even breatheAt birth, 3-year-old Samar looked absolutely normal; it was only after he turned 2 months old that he started getting breathing troubles all of a sudden. He was found to have two holes between the two upper chambers of his heart. This was causing oxygen-rich blood to leak into the oxygen-poor chambers of the heart.“He could not feed properly. At first, I thought that it was because I had a heavy let-down of milk. But soon I noticed that he started getting breathless. It did not look normal for a baby; I had never experienced it with my first-born. It was after we took h
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Instead of Joining Anganwadi, 3-year-old Cries Continuously At The Cancer Ward Begging To Go Home

“She is so full of life. How could God give this terrible disease to such a small child? We console each other and keep repeating that we will somehow save her.” – Pramila, Rohini's mother.Rohini is a 3-year-old with blood cancer. She has spent the last three weeks in hospitals, fighting off fevers and pain. She is scared of doctors and the endless blood tests. Her father Veerabhadra is a helper in a supermarket and is in no position to save his little girl from cancer.It has only been a week since Rohini's cancer was diagnosedThis year, Rohini was to start going to the local Anganwadi – where she could get used to being away from home for school. In a cruel twist of fate, she spent her third birthday in a hospital, crying to go home. Her parents Veerabhadra and Pramila have still not had the time to accept that their child has cancer.“It started two months back, she kept having high fever. Last month, we even admitted her to the hospital. Two whole months, she was this sic
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This 12-Year-Old Dying Of Blood Cancer Thinks He Will Never Walk Again Without Support

“Roju had come home for the holidays just the day before. He could never go back to school after the break. When he tried to get up, he began to shake and fall. His legs weakened and couldn't fully support him. His life changed in a day.” - says Pushpa, Roju's mother.12-year-old Roju Paul studies in the 8th grade in a government school outside his village near Ongole, in Andhra Pradesh. He was a bright student, and had come back home for his summer break, with his elder siblings. The very next day he woke up with a high fever. His family suspected it to be a heat stroke and gave him some over the counter medication. But by the evening he had begun to slowly lose movement in his legs.  When Roju's condition deteriorated, his poor parents rushed him to Hyderabad but couldn't find help thereHis parents, Yesudas and Pushpa, rushed him to the doctor in their village. He quickly realised it was a serious issue and sent them to the government hospital in Ongole. There, the doctors initi
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This 1-Month-Old Baby Who Has Extra Acid In Her Body And A Heart Disease Needs Urgent Help To Survive

“She’s just a month old and she has needles all over her body and pipes on her mouth. We never imagined that our first baby would be fighting for her life already. It’s so heartbreaking because she can’t even breathe without the ventilator and has been in the ICU for 3 weeks.” – Somesh, the baby’s father.Pratibha’s baby girl was rushed to ICU within 3 days of birthSomesh and Pratibha’s excitement to begin their new journey as parents were torn apart when their baby girl developed a never-ending fever and severe breathing issues within just 3 days of birth. The 1-month-old girl has been suffering from sepsis, which is a severe bacterial infection which could kill her if left untreated. She has been in the ICU for around 3 weeks. She is supported by the ventilator and many of her vital organs, like her heart are functioning abnormally too. She also has a deadly metabolic disorder because there is a dangerous amount of acid in the girl’s body.“Apart from the fever a
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Jobless Father And Pregnant Mother Struggle To Save 10-Year-Old From Bleeding To Death In A Strange City

“I had to give up work a few years ago to take care of my paralysed father. Though it was difficult, I managed to take care of my family with earnings from some land we owned. Last February, my son Maiken was diagnosed with a deadly blood disorder. I had to sell all my land for his treatment. Now, my heavily pregnant wife and I have brought him all the way from Arunachal to Delhi to save him, with diminishing hopes and bank balance.”-Vijay Garam, father of 10-year-old Maiken.Maiken was away from home when he started bleeding  all of a suddenAs Maiken belongs to a remote village on the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, he had been attending school in a boarding in the city. He had just returned from classes one day when his nose and gums started bleeding profusely. Nothing could stop the flow and his parents were intimated about his condition immediately.“When we reached him, he was also bleeding from his eyes! It was a horrendous sight for a mother. He was fainting at re
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Father Of Two Little Children And Sole Breadwinner Of The Family Will Lose His Life Without Urgent Help

"He has not only been my husband but also my source of strength. We have faced so many hurdles in life but he has not let me down ever.  We have come so far only because of his will to live. Now to see him lying lifeless is crushing me. He has not opened his eyes yet, I cannot let him go. There's nothing beyond him for me and two little children" - Anju, wife of Amit.27-year-old Amit hardly took a day off from work. He was focused on fulfilling the basic needs of his wife and two baby girls until a deadly liver infection slowed him down.Anju traveled all alone  from Haryana to Delhi only to know that the infection in his liver has already spread to Amit's kidneys as wellA few days back, Amit had a high fever and severe nausea. He couldn't eat anything and lost weight drastically. They took him to a hospital in Haryana. Scan reports confirmed that he has deadly infections in his liver. Anju was asked to take him to a hospital in Delhi. It was a huge decision for Anju to leave the
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This 7-month-old Baby Girl Cries All Night In Pain From A Failing Liver And Her Parents Are Unable To Save Her

“I am afraid of the night. Her cries get louder, and we just run from room to room, sometimes outside for walk to try to get her to sleep. It has been this was for over a month now. My daughter is so tiny for the pain she is in. If I hug her tight to console her, she screams and kicks. That is how I know that it hurts her even if I touch her.”Nilkamal’s instinct as a mother was spot on when she felt her daughter was sick on the day she was born. Her doctor said the baby had jaundice and kept her for a day in NICU before discharge. It’s been 7 months since then, and Manasvi’s jaundice has only gotten worse. Despite Nilkamal consulting so many hospitals for treatment, Manasvi did not get help and now she could die without a liver transplant.Time is running out to save baby Manasvi“If we had gotten help right at the beginning, Manasvi would not have been in this situation. She cries day and night, not sleeping for more than an hour any day. Her liver and spleen are enlarged.
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Farmer Who Did Not Realize That His 7-month-old's Liver Has Been Dying Since Birth Begs For Help

"This is the first time in my life that I regretted not finishing school. I was so foolish to think my son’s yellow skin was normal. His liver has been failing since he was born. He has slowly been dying, and I did not realize it until he turned critical. For 7 months, I have complained to people that my baby cries all the time, and that I am exhausted. Now I know how much pain he is in.”7-month-old Anurag has Niemann-Pick disease where excessive fat accumulates in cells. This fat buildup causes cells to malfunction and eventually die. It first affects the liver and spleen, then causes difficulty in learning and speaking. Without treatment, Anurag will start having seizures, find it difficult to move and even swallow.Ignorance might have cost baby Anurag his life, yet there is still time to save him“I gave birth to Anurag in the village hospital. He looked yellow when I first saw him. I thought that is normal for a baby. He had white motion, which is when my neighbor said it
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Farmer Begs To Save His 11-year-old Son Who Fights Multi-Organ Failure On The Ventilator

"Prathamesh had a fever 10 days ago. We thought it was normal until I walked into the hall to see him vomiting blood. He was clutching his stomach and crying out of pain. All he said was 'Mumma!' and then he collapsed with fits. Within few minutes, he became unconscious. I thought he was dead. My husband carried him all the way to the local doctor screaming on the road, 'Koi mere bacche ko bachao!'" - Sunitha, mother.He had violent seizures after which he fell unconsciousAt the village hospital, Prathamesh was on the ventilator receiving blood. His condition continued to deteriorate. Losing hope, Sunita called her brother for help. Santosh, who has supported Sunita all her life, rushed to their aid immediately. After learning that Prathamesh's kidneys were failing, he begged the doctors to refer them elsewhere.“They referred us to a hospital in Hyderabad. His condition had become critical, and we were given an ambulance to take him all the way from our hometown in Maharashtra to H
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Schoolteacher Is Struggling To Save His 5-Month-Old Baby Girl From Fatal Liver Disease That Is Killing Her

Khilendra Nath and his wife Hemlata never leave their baby’s side for a moment. They are worried that they may lose her if she does not get enough attention. Little Yogyata’s haunting yellow eyes and hardened tummy bring back unpleasant memories for these parents, for this is not the first time they are at the risk of losing a child.“We spent everything we ever had for our first child’s heart surgery, but still couldn’t save him. It is a loss that we haven’t forgotten till now. But Yogyata’s birth gave us a new hope. We wanted to start a new life with her, but fate has made her ill too. Doctors say she can be saved with a liver transplant, but how can a middle-class schoolteacher like me afford it? Already I’m filled with guilt because I couldn’t save my first baby…if Yogyata too leaves, we will have failed as parents”-Khilendra NathYogyata was born healthy, but soon she developed jaundice that led to poor feeding and irritabilityBaby Yogyata is only 5 months old
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