Kanappan is just 8 years old. Like all children, his life began well. He was a normal baby boy going through the stages of development – learning to roll over, make sounds, crawl and most of all, laugh out loud at anything his parents did to cheer him up. When he was just 7 months old, he was diagnosed with a disease that even his parents could not pronounce – Thalassemia.They had never even heard of this disease and now their life is ruled by it“He had not even said Amma or Appa yet when we learned of a disease that may take his life any time. The doctor explained it to us. His body cannot make proper hemoglobin, so he keeps feeling anemic. With his organs not getting enough oxygen, he is always dependent on others for blood, and when he does not get it, we might lose him.”Kanappan’s life as he knows it now began as a gloomy day when he was down with a fever. Diarrhea was the next symptom. His parents thought it would pass in a few days. 15 days later, they rushed him to a
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