Thursday, 7 June 2018

Farmer Couple Can’t Even Afford A Bus Ticket To The Hospital For Their 9-Year-Old Daughter’s Heart Surgery


"She gets ready for school every day but within an hour or so her teachers send her back saying that she is not well. She's hungry all the time, but she can't eat. She's losing weight drastically every day. Even walking 10 steps makes her breathe heavily, and she struggles to do normal activities like other children. I don't know how long she can survive without the surgery. When I can't even afford to take her to the hospital in Chennai, how can I arrange money for her surgery?-  Janaki, mother of 9-year-old Divya.Divya turned blue and struggled to breathe when she was just 1-year-oldDivya is the eldest daughter of Suresh and Janaki. Her parents were expecting a girl baby and they were on cloud nine when she was born. She is the angel of the family. Despite their poverty, they made sure that Divya gets everything to stay healthy. Their happiness soon turned into a nightmare when she suddenly turned blue and struggled to breathe. She was diagnosed with heart disease when she was 1-ye
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If Farmer's 12-day-old Baby Does Not Get A Surgery Within 1 Week, He Will Die Of Heart Failure


“They said his heart has four defects and his body has only unclean blood. The doctor told us to bring him for surgery immediately or anything can happen.” – Ganga Prasad, baby's fatherLakshmi and Ganga's baby was born on May 21. Unfortunately, the baby has multiple complex defects in his heart and blood vessels. Only impure, de-oxygenated blood is circulated in his body and at any moment he could suffer heart failure or irreversible damage to his lungs. His parents were given a month's time to arrange for a corrective surgery and they have only a week left now.The parents awaited their baby's birth with a heavy heartFor farmers Lakshmi and Ganga, their children are their biggest happiness. But from Lakshmi's eighth month of pregnancy, there has been a shadow on their anticipation. The check-up showed that their unborn child's heartbeat was beating irregularly – an indication of heart disease. “When his mother first looked at his face she started crying. We knew that he had
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After Liver Disease Snatched Away One Child, This Father Is Struggling To Save The Other From The Same Fate


“My little 2-year-old's failing liver has made her look so sick that whoever sees her cannot believe how yellow her skin and eyes are. Every time that I have to explain her condition to them, I fear that Ayesha too might succumb to liver failure like my first child.”Ayesha’s condition reminds parents of the tragic loss of their first childAijar and Hajera had lost their first daughter when she was just 14 months, and suffered the same disease as Ayesha. “Ayesha’s pain is gnawing at her insides. She even passes dark yellow urine and clay-colored stools. Her skin and eyes are so yellow that they look like they have been painted. She can’t even eat because of her irritability. Her stomach is swollen because of the insane amount of fluid accumulated in her belly. I am scared that we might lose her any moment."Days and nights are equally painful for both baby and parentsLittle Ayesha is not only suffering from rapid liver failure, but is anemic too. Her hemoglobin levels have
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Mother Refuses To Eat And Is Slipping Into Depression Because She Cannot Afford To Save Her Premature Babies


“My wife, Vijaya, has stopped eating altogether after our twins' birth. She just stares at our babies all day; she longs to hold them but they are covered in tubes. She hardly talks either. Even if she does, all she can say is, ‘Please do something, please save them’. I promise her I will and try to calm her, but deep inside I know I cannot arrange the money for that.”-Gopal.Vijaya felt that she was the happiest woman in the world when she found out she was going to be a motherVijaya and Gopal were married in 2012. They were perfect for each other and family life was bliss. They wanted a child to complete their lives, but sadly Vijaya was not able to conceive for a long time. And after 5 years when she finally did, her happiness knew no bounds.“I really couldn’t believe it! Seeing that positive sign on the pregnancy test gave me a sense of satisfaction, because I had been dreaming of being a mother for such a long time. I made sure that I ate well and got enough rest, and
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Wednesday, 6 June 2018

Instead Of Gaining Knowledge From Books, This 12-Year-Old Is Getting Lessons Of Pain And Death From Cancer


“While all his friends pack their books and bags for the next day of school, Revanth waits for his next cycle of chemotherapy in the hospital. He knows he has a disease called cancer. He’s seen so many children around him in the hospital going through the same thing. He knows it’s more serious than a fever, but the fact that he can die because of it is something he doesn’t know or understand yet."Revanth is battling dreadful cancer for the second timeRevanth was first diagnosed with cancer in February 2017 when he lost his appetite and drastically lost weight. In a matter of days, he went from being 36 kgs to 29 kgs. Munirathnamma and Gopal hoped that the medicines he was given will make him healthy again, never imagining that their son has cancer. After 8 months of chemotherapy, they thought he had beaten cancer for good. Sadly, 6 months after they thought he was cured, his cancer relapsed, deadlier than ever. They thought the horrors of cancer were far behind him“We cam
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2-year-old Will Scratch Himself To Death Without An Urgent Liver Transplant


“He is always itching himself, sometimes when he gets rashes on his back and can’t reach, he rubs himself against the walls till he bleeds and cries. It is painful to see our little boy go through such agony all the time.”Bhargav has a swollen stomach and constant rashes due to his liver disorder2-year-old Bhargav has a rare liver disease which has caused his stomach to swell and bloat, as well as gives him skin rashes and itching. He can’t stop scratching himself, and no matter how much he does, the itchiness of his skin doesn’t go away. Often Bhargav is found crying and screaming because of his itchy skin.“Our baby had a problem of diarrhea since he was a baby. We thought it was jaundice, but when we took him to the local hospital, they told us to take him to Hyderabad. That is when we knew something was seriously wrong with him.”Nagalakshmi often breaks down seeing her son’s conditionNaresh and Nagalakshmi were happy about starting their journey of parenthood. But t
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2-year-old Will Scratch Himself To Death Without An Urgent Liver Transplant


“He is always itching himself, sometimes when he gets rashes on his back and can’t reach, he rubs himself against the walls till he bleeds and cries. It is painful to see our little boy go through such agony all the time.”Bhargav has a swollen stomach and constant rashes due to his liver disorder2-year-old Bhargav has a rare liver disease which has caused his stomach to swell and bloat, as well as gives him skin rashes and itching. He can’t stop scratching himself, and no matter how much he does, the itchiness of his skin doesn’t go away. Often Bhargav is found crying and screaming because of his itchy skin.“Our baby had a problem of diarrhea since he was a baby. We thought it was jaundice, but when we took him to the local hospital, they told us to take him to Hyderabad. That is when we knew something was seriously wrong with him.”Nagalakshmi often breaks down seeing her son’s conditionNaresh and Nagalakshmi were happy about starting their journey of parenthood. But t
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