One Moment She Is Busy Playing, In the Next She is Vomiting Blood

If you’re meeting 6-year-old Shahma for the first time, she will seem like any other child her age: bubbly, energetic and happy-go-lucky. But behind this cheerful front is a story of pain that only her parents, Ismail and Khadeeja know well. Their child has a severe liver disease that requires immediate surgery.Shahma has been plagued by breathlessness since birthShahma has had to fight many battles ever since she was a baby. “On the third day after she was born, her body turned blue. We rushed her to the hospital, where the doctors prescribed medicines after medicines. But she did not get better,” says Khadeeja. She also had trouble breathing and would always be restless.When vomiting blood became a usual affairBut that was not the worst problem Shahma would face. “When she had just turned 3, she was playing as usual, when the unimaginable happened,” shares Ismail.“She was continuously vomiting blood. Her small body was not strong enough, but she could not control it. We
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