7-Year-Old Vanshika Will Lose Her Life To Blood Cancer If Not Treated Immediately

Diwali is a time of celebration with the family, but Vanshika and her parents will always remember it as the day they got the worst news of their lives. 7-year-old Vanshika was diagnosed with blood cancer this year on Diwali, after her parents took her to the doctor for a fever. Vanshika needs six more cycles of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant at the earliest to survive.She Only Had One Hour To Get Admitted And Start Treatment Before Her Condition WorsenedVanshika’s father, Sanjay, remembers that she was at first diagnosed with dengue when they took her to the doctor. Just a few weeks later, the doctors asked Sanjay to get her admitted in a hospital at the earliest. Vanshika was too sick to go another day without treatment.“They told me I had only an hour to get her admitted and start treatment. We were so scared. We didn’t know what to do at that time. We didn’t even have the time to process that our daughter has blood cancer and that her life was in danger.”Vans
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Help 3-year-old Sufian Who Has Been Fighting Blood Cancer For Most Of His Life

3-year-old Sufian had recently started going to playschool. His parents, Rizwana and Shareef, were excited at their child's new step in life. Little did they knew that their happiness will be shortlived. In June 2017, Sufian was diagnosed with blood cancer and life hasn't been same ever since.A Grim DiagnosisIt all started when Sufian complained of recurring fever. The family, belonging from a small village fo Tamil Nadu, took him to a local doctor. Upon consultation, the doctor put Sufian of medicines for viral fever. However, even after months of feeding him tablets, Sufian's fever wouldn't go away. Simultaneously, he began appearing extremely weak and would hardly take any food. The family again took him to the local doctor who now asked of Sufian to undertake a blood test. The result of the test, however, had the entire family hurrying to Bangalore.It was after that they reached a known hospital in Bangalore, did they realize the gravity of the situation. Multiple tests later, Su
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1-Year-Old Srihitha Cries From Insufferable Pain And Needs A Liver Transplant To Survive

“She is our bundle of joy. She is our first child and the first month with her was very happy! Every sound she made was so sweet. Everything has changed now.”Srihitha Reddy is a 1-year-old girl with a severe liver disease. Her family was shattered when they learned that their small baby was very sick. Her life is hanging by a thin thread of hope now and she needs an urgent transplant to survive.Srihitha used to cry in pain all day When Srihitha was a month old, her skin and eyes started turning yellow and she got a fever. She would cry all day and her parents, Praveen and Anusha, did not understand what was wrong with their newborn. She was initially prescribed medicines, but when that didn’t work, she was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia - a liver disease in which one or more bile ducts are abnormally narrow, blocked, or absent.She had a Kasai surgery, but it did not make her condition better. She seemed to recover, but soon, her condition worsened again. In the next couple of m
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7-year-old Akshay Had Multiple Surgeries Since His Birth And Is Still Struggling To Survive

7-year-old Akshay was born with two terrible illnesses. He has no sensation below his hips and has a condition that has caused excess fluid in his brain. Despite the risk and uncertainty, his parents Santosh and Reena are doing everything to help him live a normal life.He has undergone multiple surgeries since his birthAkshay’s life has not been an easy one. When his mother was 8 months pregnant with him, he was diagnosed with Hydrocephaly, a condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage. They were hopeful that it could be corrected after birth but to make matters worse, he was diagnosed with another crippling disease after his birth. He has Meningomyelocele, a malformation of the lower spinal cord.Akshay underwent his first corrective surgery when he was just 3-months-old. The Meningomyelocele was corrected. However, by then the nerve endings were damaged and he is paraplegic for life. As a preschooler, while other kids we
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Record Book – Numbers from the Intercontinental Cup – The Cricket Cauldron

  Newly-elevated full member nation Afghanistan ended their last ICC Intercontinental Cup as deserving champions, finishing unbeaten with 121 points, 12 clear of Ireland, their fellow new entrants into Test cricket. Here is a look back at a few key numbers from the tournament, which began in May 2015 and spanned over 30 months. Afghanistan’s [ ]
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Record Book – The best Test bowling figures for New Zealand – The Cricket Cauldron

  Neil Wagner’s brilliant return of 7/39 on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies at the Basin Reserve propelled him to the fourth position in the list of New Zealanders with the best bowling figures in a Test innings. Here are the top five. 1) Richard Hadlee – 9/52 v [ ]
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Help 14-year-old Sushanta Whose Parents Don't Understand He Has Bone Cancer

Sushanta's parents Jagadish and Rina are daily-wage workers from a small village in West Bengal. They believe that an injury caused their son Sushanta's bone-cancer and are heartbroken that they don't have the funds to save him. Sushanta needs chemotherapy and a surgery at the earliest to survive cancer.Sushanta with his father at homeAn unexpected injury revealed Sushanta's CancerAlmost 6 months back, while playing cricket – the bat hit Sushanta's right knee. Sushanta is at the age where he often falls down and gets hurt while playing. But this time, the hurt was so painful, he felt it all the way in his head. His knee became swollen and he couldn't put any pressure on it. Going to the local dispensary did not help. Finally, a week later – unable to see his son in pain Jagadish took Sushanta to the closest hospital 30kms from their village in Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. Unexpectedly, Sushanta's pain was coming not because of the injury but because of a tumour in his bone.Fo
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