
Chandrani and I have not been able to tell Anshu the truth. We said he is getting injections for his fever, to stop his fever from coming back. How can I explain cancer to a 7-year-old?6 months ago, Anshu had a persistent high fever. Even after months, Anshu’s fever showed no signs of subsiding. Today, he is fighting cancer and his family is unable to continue with chemotherapy.He had a fever for over 4 monthsWhen Anshu’s fever showed up, Biswajit thought it was the weather. The family waited for a few days, gave him paracetamol. The fever did not subside. They took him to a doctor who prescribed medicines for viral fever.“We were very worried so we got a second opinion. His blood tests came back normal. For months, we kept seeing several doctors who just said he was normal and there was no cause for his fever. Finally, one of them realized that his lymph nodes were swollen.”The fever turned out to be blood cancerThe family was referred to a hospital in Kolkata. More tests and
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