12-year-old Pallavi Has Dropped Out Of School To Fight Cancer, And Her Father Is Struggling To Save Her Life

“In 10th standard when every student will be preparing to write the biggest examination of their lives yet, my daughter has to drop out of school to fight the battle against death.”Pallavi is 12 years old. She had a normal childhood until last year. A boil on her clavicle turned her life upside down. When she should really be in school, Pallavi spends 15 days in class, and 15 days on the hospital bed. Now, she must say goodbye to all her friends as she steps into the biggest struggle of her life against the most ruthless form of cancer.What they thought was a boil turned out to be cancerVeeresh and Lakshmi are from a small town called Gangavathi in Karnataka. Here, they own a tiny shop that sells milk, curd, and few provisions. Pallavi is their oldest child, followed by Sagar. Veeresh’s biggest worry so far was not having enough money to give his children a good education.“She got a small boil on her left clavicle. You always think it is the heat, and neglect it. Here, it jus
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My Son May Not Live To See His 3rd Birthday If I Cannot Afford His Treatment For Cancer

"My wife is 7 months pregnant, and my 2-year-old son is fighting. Every day we pray to God and hope that a miracle will keep us all together, alive."Emmanuel will be 3 years old in a few months. His parents are afraid he may not live to see his 3rd birthday. They are fighting every minute to pay for his treatment.Medicines for his fever turned him yellowFor over a month, Emmanuel had a fever in the evening. At first, Kannadasan thought it was a viral infection, but when it did not subside, he rushed to the clinic. The doctor prescribed medicines for low hemoglobin. Emmanuel began turning yellow after taking them."We thought we gave him the wrong medicines and made it worse. I rushed him to the hospital. I do not think I could ever be prepared for what they told me. Emmanuel has blood cancer."This pregnant mother has nightmares that she will lose both her childrenKavita had just entered her 3rd trimester. This news put her in shock. The anxious mother feared that her son will slip away
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My 2-year-old Son Has 24 Hours To Get A Liver Transplant That Can Save His Life

If my son does not get a liver transplant today, we will lose him.Praruj is just 2 years old. Spend 5 minutes with him and he will win you over. You would not even know that he has been suffering from one of the most painful and rare liver conditions right from birth. Medicines were not enough, and surgery was the only way we could save him. Every minute we spend arranging for funds, we are losing time.2 years old and suffering from the most painful liver condition1 in a million people have this disease. My son is suffering from Bud Chiari syndrome. The veins that carry blood from the liver have clots, and the blockage causes the liver to swell.I can’t imagine the pain he must be feeling. I can’t take gastritis and Praruj has been suffering from when he was 6 months old. Praruj was on medicines for nearly a year. The injections were supposed to dissolve the clots. Unfortunately, we found out during November that his condition was deteriorating. In February, our doctor came to us w
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A Samosa Vendor Is Struggling To Save His Toddler's Life After His Wife Abandoned The Family

“He was 2 days old. My son started turning blue. Even in our worst nightmare, I did not think that our baby would be facing death without his mother by his side."To Yogesh Khandelwal, poverty did not seem like a challenge. As a samosa vendor on the streets of Delhi, he lived a content life until his baby boy came along. Unfortunately, baby Ketan was diagnosed with a hole in the heart. That’s not the worst of it. His mother abandoned him within a few weeks in the care of his father. Now, nearly 2 years old, Ketan is struggling to breathe or even walk. He needs an open-heart surgery to survive.He thought poverty was the worst battle his son had to fightYogesh began to worry about his financial condition only when his wife got pregnant. There was not much he could do. He was illiterate. His entire family was facing the same plight. All he knew was to make and sell samosa-kachoris near Kotla Stadium.“I make Rs. 5000 at most every month. It is not hard when you are used to it, but
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This Farmer's son may lose his fight against cancer if he doesn't get a bone-marrow transplant

Joshik is a 9-year-old with Acute myeloid leukaemia – a blood cancer. His cancer is growing very rapidly and in just four months, his condition has worsened. Hoping to stop the cancer, a bone-marrow transplant (BMT) was done but it failed. Another BMT is his last chance of getting better. His parents are completely drained of resourced and need help saving Joshik.The summer vacation that rapidly deterioratedJoshik had just finished class 2 and was having a nice summer vacation. His results had come and he had secured the second rank. He had earned this break. But in just three weeks, he developed a severe fever that didn't go down even after taking two courses of antibiotics. Joshik with his sister playing at a park some time before he fell sick“We thought it would be dengue or malaria but the tests showed cancer. We went to Hyderabad and started treatment. No matter what treatment we gave, his blood counts did not improve and Joshik got quieter and weaker every day,” says Sh
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9-Month-Old Baby Tahoora Has Only Few Days Left For A Chance To Live

Tahoora is a 9-month-old with a severely damaged liver. The doctors have told her parents that she will not survive if she does not get a liver transplant in the next few days. Tahoora's father Shabhir is a truck driver in Hyderabad and the only breadwinner of the family. Even if the family sells everything they have – they still don't have enough for a liver transplant that can save Tahoora.Tahoora with her mother Talha at the hospitalBaby Tahoora developed jaundice at 2 months and never got betterYesterday (August 31), Tahoora was rushed to the hospital in the night because she couldn't breathe. Her father was away on an outstation delivery. Her mother Talha had to call her neighbour and request help taking them to the hospital for help reviving Tahoora. They made it just in time and Tahoora is now on ventilator support. But her condition is so bad that the doctors have given her parents time – the next few days. If her liver transplant is done in that time, she will be able to
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9-Month-Old Baby Tahoora Has Only 9 Days Left For A Chance To Live

Tahoora is a 9-month-old with a severely damaged liver. The doctors have told her parents that she will not survive if she does not get a liver transplant in the next 10 days. Tahoora's father Shabhir is a truck driver in Hyderabad and the only breadwinner of the family. Even if the family sells everything they have – they still don't have enough for a liver transplant that can save Tahoora.Tahoora with her mother Talha at the hospitalBaby Tahoora developed jaundice at 2 months and never got betterYesterday (August 31), Tahoora was rushed to the hospital in the night because she couldn't breathe. Her father was away on an outstation delivery. Her mother Talha had to call her neighbour and request help taking them to the hospital for help reviving Tahoora. They made it just in time and Tahoora is now on ventillator support. But her condition is so bad that the doctors have given her parents time – the next 10 days. If her liver transplant is done in that time, she will be able to
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