This School Teacher Who Lights Up The Lives Of Many Kids Might Not See His 3-Year-Old Daughter Live To Attend School

 “Bhavya is just 3 years old. She has not had a good night’s sleep ever since her birth. Every night she complains of acute pain in her hands and legs. Just 5 days after she came into our lives, she spent 20 days in the ICU, battling for life. She survived but fate had a cruel twist in store. My little girl has two big holes in heart and only a surgery can help her live. “-Subba Rao, Bhavya’s Father.  Her fight with death began even before she could get a nameIt all began 5 days after her birth. Bhavya started experiencing vomiting incessantly while her mother, Anjali, was in the hospital recovering from c- section. The doctor examined her condition and recommended scans and tests. The little girl had to begin her fight with death in less than a week since her birth. Her heart had two massive holes. The results confirmed the presence of Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), with Anomalous Left Upper pulmonary Vein drainage, meaning her heart would mix up good and bad blood, resul
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This 6-year-old Cancer Patient’s Father Is Forced To Leave Him Alone At The Hospital While He Begs For Money

“Sometimes, I have to leave Pratham at the hospital with nobody but a nurse around. There is so much I have to do – get medicines, food and most importantly, beg people to help me fund his chemotherapy. Only I could accompany him to Bengaluru because he had to be admitted urgently. He cries for his mother regularly, but we are helpess.” - Srinath, 6-year-old Pratham’s father.A fever that even medicines could not control turned out to be deadly cancerIt all began when Pratham started running a high fever one day. 15 days passed, and no medicine was making him feel better. The village doctor suspected that it was typhoid at first, but later advised to do some tests. Pratham was then diagnosed with a severe form of blood cancer. Doctors warned that the cancer is rapidly advancing and he should start chemotherapy immediately.Pratham loved going to school and stood first in his class before cancer came for him“We could not understand how a child who had no history of serious ill
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Weaver Begs Village To Save His 3-year-old Son Whose Liver Is Rapidly Failing

“Rohit has not spoken his first words until now. He cannot walk on his own as well – he needs to be carried around. His eyes are getting more yellow every day. The doctors have told us that he will not survive for long if he does not get a liver transplant soon. Our son does not have much time left but we are poor textile weavers who have no money to save him,” says Babon Mallick, 3-year-old Rohit’s father.Village elders convinced them that Rohit had jaundice and that medicines would make him alrightBabon and his family live in a small village in Hoogly district, Karnataka, where every decision, even personal ones, are made only after consulting village elders. When Rohit was born in a local health centre in the village, his body was yellow all over. From day 1, doctors at the centre maintained that it was jaundice and prescribed medicines. The village elders also agreed.“My baby had dark yellow eyes and his urine was also yellow. We are illiterate people so we believed wh
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Barber Who Has Not Held His Infant Daughter Even Once Appeals For Her Life

" I'm not allowed to touch her. I have not held her even once in the part month. I leave for work early in the morning, not even a minute passes without thinking of her. I work as much as I can and I beg to everyone I know to save my baby. I dream of holding her in my hands and taking her to my home but there are days I return with empty hands and look at her with unfathomable guilt. I fear of losing her even before I could touch her" -  Bhaskaran.Sowjanya started bleeding profusely during her 7th-month pregnancySowjanya and Bhaskaran were excited about the arrival of their baby but little did they know that their baby would come much early than they expected. During her 7th month pregnancy, she had unbearable pain, her BP shot up and she started bleeding."Her condition was so critical that many hospitals refused to take her in because they did not have a NICU for the baby. I knew Cloudnine could help. The hospital was so far away from home, but we took an auto anyway. She was still
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This 8-year-old Girl Will Lose Her Life Any Moment To Frequent Seizures And Brain Infections

For people like us, the only hope we have in life is the future of our children. We work day and night and willing to sacrifice anything for them. Now, I can't even afford to dream, all I wish is that my daughter survives. It is unbearable to see my 8-year-old girl going through so much of pain. She is losing her life slowly to seizures and brain infections.My name is Chandrasekhar and I stay in a small village in Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh. My wife, Rama and I work as daily wage workers. We work the whole day and come late to home. Sai and my 10-year old son, Charan have always been doing things on their own and they never complained about anything.Sai is class 2 and she is a brilliant student. Sai was extraordinary in her studies, one of her teachers put her in a convent school and has been paying for her education. That was the proud moment for us and we believed that all our sorrows have come to an end.Like any other day, on the 9th of April, my little girl came back from her sch
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3-year-old Afnan’s Father Abandoned Him As A Newborn, Now His Unemployed Mother Has Nothing To Save Him From Cancer

“My husband had left me when I was at my weakest. I had a newborn son to look after with no home and no money. If it weren’t for my mother and sister who took us under their care, we would have died from hunger a long time ago. Now, my son, my only solace, has cancer. I don’t have money to save him,” –Naeema, Afnan’s mother.The mother and son were content living in a cramped house until cancer changed their lives foreverNaeema and Afnan lived with Naeema’s mother, Mumtaz, in a small two-room house in Hosur, Karnataka. Despite her age, 60-year-old Mumtaz made enough money to feed them by selling firewood, with Naeema’s help. Everything was fine for three years until Afnan got a fever that persisted for days.Naeema took good care of Afnan with whatever little she had“His body was burning hot. He would even sweat profusely at night and shiver. We took him to a local hospital and the doctors gave him antibiotics. But even they didn’t work. He ended up getting a swelli
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1-Year-Old Abdul Who Can Hardly Breathe Will Lose His Life Without An Urgent Transplant

“My baby will be condemned to a life of hospitals, needles and pain if he does not get a bone marrow transplant soon. The doctors have warned us that his growth will be stunted and he may get cancer or multi-organ failure later. We are very scared ,” says Khaja Miya, father of 1-year-old Abdul.1-year-old Abdul has a severe blood disorder Abdul's body produces abnormally low amounts of hemoglobin. He looked like a healthy, normal baby at birth. At 3 months, a blood test confirmed that he has the grave disease. His parents had to ask the doctor to explain the condition multiple times before its severity could sink in. They keep a constant watch over him. Any infection can turn deadly at this point.Oxygen in Abdul’s blood dips every 15 days, and it is difficult for his parents to witness his struggleAbdul seems like a happy and healthy baby from a distance. But only his parents have seen the horrors of having the severe blood disorder that Abdul suffers from.“We know exactly whe
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Daily-wage Worker Who Cannot Even Pay For A Meal Hasn't Told His Wife That She Has Cancer

“We have been married for 7 years. I fought with my family for her. She is the one who tells all of us what to do. My daughters Akshita and Akansha (aged 5 and 4) just started school. Our lives are empty without her. The doctor says she is doing well – no matter what, I can't stop treatment now. If I do, cancer will take her” – Prakash.A daily-wage worker, Prakash, has been shuttling between work, home and hospital every day, in an effort to keep his wife alive. Jyothi was suddenly diagnosed with cancer. Before they knew it, she was holding onto life by a thread. Prakash has not been able to tell his wife the truth about her condition, afraid that the very shock will kill her.Jyothi's children have been told that their mother has fever Jyothi lost her sight and hearing due to blood cancerThough she has a good chance recovery, Jyothi is fighting a painful battle against cancer. It started with a high fever in January. In a matter of days, she got worse and started vomiting. Sh
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My Husband Who Makes Rs. 2000/month Had To Quit His Job To Save Me From Bone Cancer

As a mother of 3, I have never stayed away from my children even for a day. Now it has been more than a fortnight that I haven’t seen them. My cancer is keeping away my children away from both their parents and forcing them to grow up on their own.My name is Shahnaz and I was happy in the 4 walls of our little mud house in Uluberia, West Bengal. My husband, Musharraf does hand embroidery in a small factory. In spite of our poverty, we were happy in our small world.My 12-year-old son, Mustaf and 9-year-old daughter, Monalisa go to school. My days go in taking care of them and tackling their adorable tantrums. I was the mediator for my children whenever they wanted something. My youngest daughter, Mobasirin is just 3 years old.  When I call them, they keep on crying asking me to come back soon.I had often heard that women develop a bone problem with aging. Almost 1.5 years ago, when I started having difficulty walking and pain in the knees, I thought it was normal.But I became a litt
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Without An Urgent Transplant, Even A Cold Can Kill This Baby Who Has A Defective Immune System

“He used to get injections at 6 in the morning every day. Now, even at home, he wakes up at 6 and starts crying on his own. Hospitals are more normal to him than the room we keep him in.” - Abhinandan, Baby Arush's father.Baby Arush's body has a hypersensitive immune system because of a rare disease. He keeps getting infections – each attack more severe than the previous one. The only cure for his condition is a bone-marrow transplant so he does not succumb to even a common cold.Arush's treatment has caused a lot of hair to grow on his body The weakest of germs are fatal for ArushBaby Arush was healthy for the first 6 months of his life. That ended when he caught a fever that did not go away for months despite being admitted in different hospitals. To his parents' shock, they were told that little Arush had HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis), a rare, fatal disease that makes the body produce too many activated immune cellsArush with his father and sister Ananya before he
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1-Year-Old Abdul Becomes Breathless Every Now And Then, He Will Lose His Life Without An Urgent Transplant

“My baby will be condemned to a life of hospitals, needles and pain if he does not get a bone marrow transplant soon. The doctors have warned us that his growth will be stunted and he may get cancer or multi-organ failure later. We are very scared ,” says Khaja Miya, father of 1-year-old Abdul.1-year-old Abdul has a severe blood disorder Abdul's body produces abnormally low amounts of hemoglobin. He looked like a healthy, normal baby at birth. At 3 months, a blood test confirmed that he has the grave disease. His parents had to ask the doctor to explain the condition multiple times before its severity could sink in. They keep a constant watch over him. Any infection can turn deadly at this point.Oxygen in Abdul’s blood dips every 15 days, and it is difficult for his parents to witness his struggleAbdul seems like a happy and healthy baby from a distance. But only his parents have seen the horrors of having the severe blood disorder that Abdul suffers from.“We know exactly whe
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This Cab Driver's 7-Month-Old Son Gasps For Breath Every Single Day Due To A Large Hole In His Heart

Manisha is living in constant fear and trauma and each passing moment is a nightmare for her. Her newborn baby has been struggling to breathe normally. 7-month-old Kartik’s pain is due to a large and deadly hole in his heart which could prove to be fatal soon if he doesn’t undergo an urgent heart surgery. She fears losing her son even before he turns one.Kartik is born with a heart disease “It seems like he’s gasping for air with every single breath he takes. The crying just doesn’t stop, and by just looking at him I can tell that he’s crying in pain. He is suffering so much and he’s not even a year old.” –  Manisha, Kartik’s mother.Just when Kartik was a month old, Manisha got him checked up because of his breathing issues. After the prescribed medicines had no effect, Manisha and her husband, Sharvesh were devastated in shock when they found out that their newborn was suffering from a severe birth defect of the heart.Kartik's heart is at high risk of complete f
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This Baby Girl Who Has Just Started To Speak Might Even Die If She Tries To Talk More

It was such a happy moment when for the first time Pihu said ‘Papa’ and ‘Maa’. It’s been just 3 months that my 2-years-old daughter has started speaking. Her baby speech, which is one of the best things for us now, might kill her any moment.My name is Avinash and I sweep the streets of Haryana. Even in our extended family, we have very few girls. So when we welcomed Pihu, it was celebrated for days across the family.We have hardly seen Pihu not smile. Her waves of laughter light up our poor house and it feels that we have all the happiness on earth. Pihu used to play the entire day. But 5 months ago, we noticed that after playing for too long, she not just becomes very tired but was becoming bluish.Everything that Pihu does, is killing herIt’s difficult to keep my baby in one place. But no matter whatever she did apart from sleeping, she becomes blue and looks in pain. After a few days, she started having frequent fevers and loose motions. Pinki was hellbent to take Pihu
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Severe Internal Bleeding Around Her Kidneys After A Transplant Has Put This 17-year-old In The ICU

“She says,”Amma, my head is going to burst now! She holds it tightly and bites the pillows to relieve the pain somehow! "Are my bones breaking into pieces? she asks because she can hardly move. Ishwarya was almost on the verge of a complete recovery thrice but the pain seems to have latched onto her. She is losing the will to fight and ends up asking everyday, “Am I going to die?” - Jagathammal.Both her kidneys and liver failed completelyIshwarya is 17- years-old now. Her struggle for life started when she was just 9-months-old. Her urine was dark yellow in color and she began to bleed. She was diagnosed with Primary Hyperoxaluria which means she will keep developing stones in her kidney and bladder. For 12 years, Ishwarya was on medicines to control kidney stone formation. When they thought she was fine, she began having severe headaches, vomiting and fatigue. Reports confirmed that both her kidneys and liver are severely damaged."Diabetes runs in our family. Only I was healt
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Farmer's Wife Has Already Lost One Of Her Lungs To A Cancerous Tumor And They Cannot Even Afford Food

“I don’t even have money to feed my 1-year-old daughter more than once a day. My wife’s tumor has left her unable to breastfeed our daughter and this is depressing for any mother. How can I save my wife when I have nothing to feed our family?” – Kartick, Chumki’s husbandChumki and Kartick at the hospital Due to the lack of money and resources, Chumki is at high risk of lung failure and losing a leg to a dangerous tumor. Chumki lost the functionality of one of her lungs due to a previous surgery, but the tumor has sprung up again and is slowly taking her life. Her husband, who is a poor farmer living in deplorable circumstances, is finding it extremely difficult to save his wife.Chumki’s tumor returned and was worse than beforeChumki was diagnosed with a cancerous giant-cell tumor (GCT) on her knee over 4 years ago. She was in so much pain that every step would take the life out of her legs. She underwent a surgery at that time, which was thought to be the end of the tu
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This 12-Year-Old Girl Is Dying Even Faster Because The Helpless Father Has No Money To Pay The Doctors

Youngest of the three girls, my 12-year-old daughter Putuli has been bottling up her pain. She has lost interest in everything she used to love. My once jovial child is in pain because one organ is failing her entire body quietly and I feel so helpless.My name is Rati and I live in the small village of Durantapara, Tripura. My wife Yalug and I spend our days working day in and out so that my daughters can study and have a different fate than we do. Yalug works on the farms when there’s a season for crops. In other times she helps as a domestic help. I earn only when I am able to get work. I sometimes work in the fields, cutting the soil and at other times I just have to struggle to find work.I have two elder daughters- 19-year-old Shibani and 17-year-old Swari. All my daughters are very close to each other and none of them can stay without each other even for a while. But my elder daughters are now scared that they might lose their youngest sister.Putuli was a very happy child. She
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Priest Prays For Help To Fund Emergency Heart Surgery For 2-month-old Son

“We hoped for best things for our baby. But in just a week they told us that his heart was defective – leaking blood into his small lungs.” -Vamshi, the baby's father.Vamshi and Kalyani had a baby boy just two months back. In just a week, they found out that their baby had a deadly heart defect. Their baby's life is in danger till he gets a small surgery that reduces excessive blood flow to his lungs. This will keep him alive long enough to get a corrective treatment. This baby needs a surgery that will keep him alive for nowTheir baby is always breathing hard because of his heart defectThey have not formally named the baby boy yet – but they call him Komal Narayan. It was a name lovingly picked by an elder in the family. It is a name that the parents of this baby – Vamshi and Kalyani – hope bring him luck. His parents believe that despite his heart defect, Komal shows a strong will to live. “He breathes hard – like he has run. It reminds us that our little, happy b
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Despite Skipping Meals To Save Money, Unemployed Father Cannot Afford To Save His 7-day-old Son

“We only had a few ten rupee notes with us when we came to Chennai from our village in Kanchipuram for my wife's delivery. I have been going hungry and saving up, but still can’t make the money required for my newborn son’s surgery. The doctors have told me that he will die without it.” - PrabuPrabu skips meals at the hospital so that Rajalakshmi and the baby don’t go hungry. When Prabu gets food parcels for Rajalakshmi at the hospital, he only gets portions for one person. When Rajalakshmi asks him why he isn't eating, he says that it is because he already had food from the canteen. The truth is that he skips meals and drinks only tea or coffee. He does not have enough money to even eat a full, satisfying meal, let alone save his son from dying of a bad heart.These parents have been living a nightmare since the 5th month of pregnancyThe newborn baby boy of Rajalakshmi and Prabu has a dangerous heart condition where his blood is not able to get enough oxygen. This is because
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With Her Oxygen Levels Rapidly Dropping, This Baby Girl Can Only Survive If She Has A Heart Surgery Today

“The 10 minutes that we get with her in the ICU is the only thing I look forward to. If she’s awake, we call out to her and she looks at us, smiling. I can't help but wonder how long she has. Her oxygen levels are only at 40% and she's sliping away from us."As Sanjeev and Mala pace around the waiting area outside the ICU, their only thoughts are with their 3-month-old baby girl who wakes up every day to the silence of the hospital, instead of the voices and warm embraces of her parents. Vagmi’s little heart is giving up on her. The oxygen support isn’t enough to sustain her for long, and she needs an urgent heart surgery to survive. They never thought her life will be consumed by a life-threatening diseaseWhile Vagmi is within the confines of the hospital, her twin, Vinayak, shuffles in his crib back home in Lucknow. Sanjeev and Mala are torn, they can’t stand to stay away from either baby, but their only focus is to save their baby girl and take her home so that their t
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Parents Who Had Not Held Their Newborn Even Once Discovered That She Is Bleeding Into Her Lungs

“I couldn’t even tell my wife till one week after her delivery, how sick our baby is. She kept asking me why our baby hasn’t been brought to us yet and I had to keep telling her that she was in the observation. When I finally told her, she cried uncontrollably for a whole day and did not even say a word to any of us.”After the delivery their baby never came to themWhen a first-time mother goes into labor, she expects to cradle her baby in her arms soon after. But that didn’t happen for Priyanka. Her baby was taken into observation like all babies are, but instead of bringing her back to her waiting parents, the nursing home staff brought bad news. There was something seriously wrong with their baby daughter, but they didn’t know what.Priyanka’s husband didn’t take too long to decide that he needed to get his baby serious medical attention. He immediately took her to Cloudnine hospital and just told Priyanka that their baby needs to be tested for a few infections. When
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Vegetable Vendor Begs For Help To Save His Daughter Who Might Die Of Liver Disease Any Moment

"Appa where is Saravanan? Why is he not coming to eat with me?" she asks. I cannot bring myself to tell her that we just buried him, that the disease he had, the same one she has, took him from us. She watched him suffer, and assumed that pain is normal. If she asks us for a reason, we cannot explain how money stood between him and treatment just like it is for her.Divya Darshini is just 6 years old. However, she has less than 6 weeks left to fight death. Her parents cannot afford liver transplant surgery and as a result they lost their baby boy to the disease already. Now Divya's life is at stake and they plead for help.It is end-stage liver disease and there is no time to waste"She vomits blood all the time. The bile has deposited in her skin. It makes her itch so much that her skin breaks and bleeds all over. She cries 20 hours a day, and her bloated belly restricts her breathing." - Munisamy.Divya did not show any symptoms of this genetic liver disease. When her brother was diagn
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Vegetable Vendor Helplessly Watches His Daughter As She Bleeds To Death Slowly Due To Liver Disease

"Her poop is full of blood, so much that the doctors had to given her an injection every hour to control it. The bile has deposited in her skin. It makes her itch so much that her skin breaks and bleeds all over. She cries in pain 20 hours a day." - Munusamy.Divya Darshini is just 6 years old. However, she has less than 6 weeks left to fight death. Her liver has been affected by a genetic disease just like her brother's. Her parents were not able to afford treatment in time, and they recently lost him. Divya Darshini's condition is critical, and this time, her parents beg the world for help to save their only child.It is end-stage liver disease and there is no time to wasteMuniswamy and Radha had a son, Saravanan. The baby boy was diagnosed with liver disease when he was just 1. They could not afford his medicines, nor could they mobilize funds for his surgery. Unfortunately, Saravanan recently lost the fight. Divya was also tested and she was positive for end-stage liver disease."D
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Boy Who Vomits Every 15 Minutes Is Slipping Into A Coma And Needs Emergency Surgery

He survives on saline and is no longer conscious. Prajwal is slipping away from us. We take turns to visit the hospital as we cannot afford a room. It's been 20 days. We have been staying in the waiting hall of the hospital. We don't really care about food or sleep - only Prajwal.12-year-old Prajwal is lying in the hospital bed unconscious for days now. He has already undergone 4 surgeries in a span of just a year and is still striving to live. His parents Basavraj and Vijaylakshmi are sitting in the waiting hall of the hospital for a month now waiting for him come out of the ICU alive.The disease was not caught in time costing Prajwal his lifeSince his early childhood days, Prajwal used to vomit once in a while. The parents mistook it for overeating and digestion problem for a long time. Only in last year July, Prajwal started vomiting unstoppably which was green in color. Green vomit means that bile is backing up in his stomach instead of passing outTests revealed that the young ch
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This Farmer’s 11-Day-Old Baby’s Treatment Costs Rs. 1 Lakh/day While He Makes Rs. 160/day

“While my wife was in a hospital in Bidar, our baby was being rushed in an ambulance to Hyderabad. I thought I was going to lose them both on the same day, but I could be with only one of them.”The very first sound that their baby boy made was not crying, but little-gasping noises as he struggled to breathe. He was rushed to Hyderabad in an ambulance with Basavaraj by his side, while Kriti lay unconscious on the hospital bed, unaware that her baby was fighting death just a few seconds into his birth. What followed were the most trying and traumatic days the family has ever experienced, and it only continues till their baby is completely out of danger.Kriti only saw her baby one week after his birthKriti and Basavaraj’s baby boy was born a fighter. Despite his weak lungs, and his kidneys and liver not being in the right place, he made it all the way to the hospital and through a high intensive surgery. 11 days after his birth, he’s in the NICU on ventilator support, making litt
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Hyderabad M-Tech Grad Cannot Afford To Save His Premature-born Son And Take Him Home

“I am an example of the failed education system in this country. I have done my masters in engineering but it still wasn’t enough to get me a stable job. My 45-day old son is fighting for his life in the ICU, and my sick father is waiting to receive his first grandchild at home. But I have no money left. I feel like I have failed as a father,” - VikramVikram always managed to provide for his family until the unthinkable happened Vikram used to work on temporary projects for the Hyderabad University before and was preparing for some government jobs, when he got married last year. He was going through many struggles, but was hopeful that given his qualification he would get a good job soon. “When my wife announced that she was pregnant, I was sure I could manage expenses. I knew I would have to take a small loan for her delivery, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that our child would need such expensive treatment. I had to even let go of my temporary job to monitor h
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This 4-year-old Girl Is Afraid To Sleep, As She Thinks She Will Not Wake Up Again

"She keeps saying, Amma don't let me sleep. I know she senses what is coming. I keep telling her that when she opens her eyes again, I'll be right here."Roja's nightmares and anxiety about her daughter Divya Priya's health began within few hours of her birth. Breastfeeding the baby for the first time would bring so many emotions together for a mother. For Roja it was horrific, her newborn baby turned blue around the lips and rapidly all over the body when she fed her for the first time. She began to breathe faster and deeper. Now, 4 years old, Divya is losing the fight to complications.Divya has a single ventricle heart, with one chamber smaller than the otherRoja's pregnancy scans were perfectly well. She did not find any reason to be apprehensive about her baby's health. She was terrified when she saw her baby turning blue. She was diagnosed with a heart disease. She has a single ventricle heart which is a group of defects that occur because one pumping chamber is smaller than the
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3-year-old Bhavya's Liver Has Failed And She Has A Few Hours To Get A Transplant That Can Save Her

 3-year-old Bhavya has hardly seen the world outside the hospital. Even if she spends few minutes outside, she would get a severe fever and breathing trouble. Every now and then the fluids are removed from her stomach but it is collected again in few days. She is going through multiple blood transfusions. She has loose motions 6- 8 times every day. Her little body is struggling with all of these painful complications.Bhavya's liver is completely damaged and needs an urgent transplantWhen Bhavya was 1-year-old, her stomach started bloating. It was twice the normal size. Her parents took her to the nearby hospital and doctors said she has a liver problem and medications will help her. Within few months she started having breathing trouble. She would breathe as if her whole body is tightened. They thought medicines would help her but her condition became worse. When they took her to a bigger hospital, doctors said that her liver is completely damaged and only a liver transplant can hel
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People Turned Away This Man's Request To Save His Premature Born Baby Because She Is a Girl

When several people from my village in Rajasthan asked me why I am spending money on my baby girl's treatment, I had only had one answer. I told them that whether girl or boy, it was my child. I had the responsibility of saving her, no matter what. But now, I am at their mercy as we are left with nothing to save my baby,” says Ashok.  'Boy or girl, it never mattered to us...we would spend on our child's treatment all the same' Ashok and Taradevi and came to Hyderabad from their village in Rajasthan around eight years back. They always wanted to have kids as they were ready to work hard and provide the best they could for them. Their dream came true when their first child, Kareena, was born premature five years ago. But she has been struggling with developmental issues right from birth and is slow. Now they have been blessed with another baby girl after all these years, but they may not even get to bring her home from the hospital because of financial difficulties. Taradevi did no
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After Losing Her Husband When She Was Pregnant, This Single Mother Is Now Struggling To Save Her Only Child

“Sania was born during such a dark time in my life but has brought only happiness to me.  But her body can’t keep up with her anymore, and without a surgery, death is not far behind.”Parveen was 7 months pregnant when her life altered overnight 6 years ago. In a time of extreme vulnerability, she had to deal with the sudden death of her husband because of a brain haemorrhage. The only thing that kept her going was the nearing date of her delivery, she was now living only for their baby. However, Parveen received another blow - her baby girl, Sania, was born with a serious heart disease.  Years of fear and pain come to an end for little Sania with a heart surgerySania has been living on medication ever since she turned completely blue when she was only a few days old. A terrified Parveen only imagined the worst as she carried her struggling baby to the hospital.“I thought I was going to lose her as well. I was still grieving my husband’s death and the only thing keeping
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Man Earning Rs. 10,000/month Needs To Pay Rs. 60,000/day To Keep His Children Alive

“All my wife thinks about is how she can’t do all the things that a mother gets to do. She can’t feed them, hold them or protect them. We can barely touch them without putting their lives in danger.”When Tulsi and Arup get back home at night after a long day in the hospital, there’s a deafening silence. Sleep evades them, as they go to bed only with thoughts of their newborn twins in the confines of an incubator. The past five days have been the toughest for these new parents. The life they had envisioned for when their babies were born is only a distant dream now. Though shattered, they are trying their best to muster up the courage to face their tragic reality.Tulsi and Arup's baby boyAn emergency delivery was their only chance, but they need help to get stronger and make it“It was the seventh month of pregnancy, and she was glowing with health. Till then checkups only meant we could see our babies one more time. But this time was different. They told us one of the babie
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These Twin Babies Were Not Ready For A Life Outside The Womb, But It’s Their Only Chance At Survival

“All my wife thinks about is how she can’t do all the things that a mother gets to do. She can’t feed them, hold them or protect them. We can barely touch them without putting their lives in danger.”When Tulsi and Arup get back home at night after a long day in the hospital, there’s a deafening silence. Sleep evades them, as they go to bed only with thoughts of their newborn twins in the confines of an incubator. The past five days have been the toughest for these new parents. The life they had envisioned for when their babies were born is only a distant dream now. Though shattered, they are trying their best to muster up the courage to face their tragic reality.Tulsi and Arup's baby boyAn emergency delivery was their only chance, but they need help to get stronger and make it“It was the seventh month of pregnancy, and she was glowing with health. Till then checkups only meant we could see our babies one more time. But this time was different. They told us one of the babie
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Government School Cook, Abandoned By Her Husband When Pregnant, Is Struggling To Save Son

I was pregnant with my youngest son, Jasimusddin, when my husband abandoned us. My son is 12 years now and my husband never came back, even for his children. My child has been battling death for long and I do not even have a support to fight through the situation.I stay in Bardhaman, West Bengal with my 3 sons who were growing to be talented young individuals. Jasimuddin is the youngest son and the most adored at home. He does exceptionally well in his academics and was supposed to be in class 7 now.I worked as a cook in a small government school. The villagers were kind enough to give me this job when my alcoholic husband abandoned us and left. I may not earn much from work, but villagers give us rice, potatoes, and basic groceries so my children can eat and live.It’s been 10 months that I have not been able to work. These are the 10 months when Jasimuddin has neither been able to go to school or even walk around. I have forgotten what a peaceful sleep feels like.In just a day, my
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This 6-Year-Old’s Tummy Has Bloated To The Size Of A Watermelon And Only A Liver Transplant Can Save Him

“I am a poor farmer from Chattisgarh. When Diapanshu screams and cries asking if his stomach will burst, I cannot even look him in the eye and tell him it’s alright. This is because I know that I can’t afford the expensive liver transplant he needs. My child may die before I arrange the funds on my own,”-Lakshmikanth, Dipanshu’s father.6-year-old Dipanshu cannot even move his body because of his bad liverFluid has filled up in Dipanshu's stomach because of liver failure, to the extent that veins are visible. It is not only uncomfortable, but also very difficult for the child to even walk to the washroom without support from his father or uncle.“His tummy does not even look like a tummy anymore. It is a painful sight to watch him struggling with it. He cannot pass bowels smoothly. He cries every time he has to make a trip to the toilet. He may have a heaviness that is bringing down his body, but I have heaviness in my heart. I don’t know how I will save my son because I d
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With A Damaged Liver, This 1-Year-Old Baby Girl Is Only Days Away From Dying

Baby Jiana Mathew has not had a peaceful night’s sleep since birth. When she was only 7-days old, she had jaundice. Her body was yellow all over and she was irritable. The poor baby was then diagnosed with severe liver disease when she was 1-month old. From then on, life has been a painful journey for Jiana and her parents.This 1-year-old baby girl needs an urgent liver transplant as her liver is completely damagedBaby Jiana’s life is in dangerLittle Jiana’s liver does not function properly like it does in healthy infants her age. The small ducts in her liver that drain bile are blocked. Due to this, fluid gets collected in her abdomen that results in infection. The baby is in constant pain because of this. Her spleen is enlarged and her stomach is swollen. Her small palm is bandaged because she constantly tugs at the IV lines that are used to give life-saving antibiotics in her body.“Our baby had to have a surgery at only six weeks. We were so scared because she was so small.
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2-year-old Thanu Sree can't eat or sleep because it makes her too sick – only a liver transplant can save her

“She cries all the time. She cries when we try to feed her and when she is hungry. But what is worse is the times she doesn't cry or speak. She becomes very dull.” - Thanu Sree's mother Prema.Doctors have told Thanu Sree's parents that she needs a liver transplant in the next two weeks because her liver is decompensated. She is already unable to eat or sleep because of how sick she feels all the time. Her parents spend sleepless nights trying to think of how to save their little girl.Prema and Thanu SreeThese desperate parents have been trying to save both their children for yearsThanu Sree is two and hasn't yet picked up speech. But her parents are not very surprised because Thanu Sree's brother Anish also learnt to speak only after his liver transplant because his liver was damaged too. Instead of feeling relieved that their son was saved, they are once again plunged into the same nightmare. “We found out before his transplant that paapa (little girl) was sick too. That even
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Nihit Has To Be Kept Sedated So He Doesn't Feel The Pain Of His Condition

“To see your child flail his limbs helplessly, eyeballs rolled back and lips twisted and frothing, is one of the worst things that can happen to a parent. And we saw Nihit go through that agony in intervals of barely 2 minutes.”Maheswara, 8-year-old Nihit’s father can’t talk about his sick child without choking up, that’s how upset he is. When your child is fine until one day and then gets admitted to the ICU, what can a parent do, but cry?What they thought to be a simple fever turned out to be a life-threatening conditionIt started with a fever. Nihit came back from school and looked really dull. His parents took him to the doctor who prescribed medication. They were told that he would be fine in 4-5 days. But despite the medicines, Nihit’s temperature didn’t come down and he continued to weaken.“He could not eat even half an idli. We kept trying to get him to eat but he just couldn’t. He had become so weak, that he couldn’t stand without support. I was going to t
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The Farmer Parents Of This Baby Are Counting Minutes Outside The OT Hoping That His Heart Doesn't Stop

“Just 5 days ago, doctor told me that my baby is critical and he needed surgery. We are standing outside the OT hoping my baby doesn’t die. Even if he survives the surgery, he will be critical and will need life support. Every passing moment is scarier and I hope they save him.”Shankhar is the 1-month-old baby of Lavanya and Lakshmaiah. His illness showed as just slight breathlessness. But just 5 days ago, his breathing became very laboured. They brought baby Shankhar to Hyderabad where they were told that he would not make it without a surgery.“My 2-year-old daughter, Pranitha was so excited when we told her she would get a sibling to play with. This is the reason we wanted two children. Both Lavanya and I work in the farms the entire day. Our children will have each other. I am not sure if my daughter will see her brother again. He has to survive.”Shankhar, has a severe congenital heart condition called double aortic arch, which is a severe abnormality in the heart. This e
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The Farmer Parents Of This Baby Is Counting Minutes Outside The OT Hoping That His Heart Doesn't Stop B

“Just 5 days ago, doctor told me that my baby is critical and he needed surgery. We are standing outside the OT hoping my baby doesn’t die. Even if he survives the surgery, he will be critical and will need life support. Every passing moment is scarier and I hope they save him.”Shankar is the 1-month-old baby of Lavanya and Lakshmaiah. His illness showed as just slight breathlessness. But just 5 days ago, his breathing became very laboured. They brought baby Shankar to Hyderabad where they were told that Shankar would not make it without a surgery.“My 2-year-old daughter, Pranitha was so excited when we told her she would get a sibling to play with. This is the reason we wanted two children. Both Lavanya and I work in the farms the entire day. Our children will have each other. I am not sure if my daughter will see her brother again. He has to survive.”Shankar, has a severe congenital heart condition called double aortic arch, which is a severe abnormality in the heart. This
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Baby Likith Is In The Last Stages Of Liver Failure And Doesn't Have Much Time

“I don't have the strength to carry him anymore. My 7-month-old baby weighs 9kgs. I can only stare at him as he lies on his back struggling to carry his own weight.” - Srilatha, Likith's mother.Even the comfort of being carried in his parents' arms is no longer possible for Likith. When picked up by his parents, he feels better just for a while. Soon, being held also becomes painful for him and he starts crying disconsolately. Only a liver transplant can reduce the abnormal swelling in his stomach and end this baby's constant agony. Every happy moment for this baby has come in small snatchesLikith became sick soon after his birth – by the time he was 3-months-old. His bile duct was blocked and he needed an immediate surgery to prevent liver damage. His parents Nagaraju and Srilatha took him to a good hospital in Tamil Nadu. The surgery was a success and little Likhit looked better.In just another month, he became sick again. His parents took him to a lot of doctors in their hom
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Pramila And Santosh Had Twin Daughters After A Long Wait Of 15 Years But They Are In The NICU Fighting For Their Lives

“One of our babies is able to at least feed now, the other one still can’t digest it. It’s heartbreaking to look at them through the window, and see them on ventilator, battling for their life, even before they got a taste of it.”Santosh and Pramila Shukla have been married and childless for 15 years. They were finally happy that they were going to be parents after this long a wait. But things didn’t go as they had planned and instead of preparing to welcome their children, they’re at the hospital, looking at their prematurely born daughters struggling to even breathe.Pramila's pregnancy took a terrible turnPramila and Santosh tried everything they could, to conceive. When they finally conceived, they thanked their stars for finally giving them what they wanted so much. They were overjoyed to learn that they were having twins. Everything was perfect until the night things fell apart for them.Pramila was advised bed-rest by the doctors owing to her weak health and late pre
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This 9-year-old Prays To God To Help Her Body Make Blood Again, But Only Urgent Treatment Can Save Her

9-year-old Sthuti Chavhan dreads anything that has to do with hospitals. Because, once a week, her nose bleeds profusely. As soon as this happens, she has to be rushed to the hospital for a blood transfusion. Sthuti has aplastic anaemia, a condition in which the body stops producing new blood cells. Even the sight of the hospital entrance reduces her to tears. But her condition is so severe that if she misses even one transfusion, it can be fatal.Just two months ago that Sthuti was diagnosed with this rare diseaseOne day, while returning from school, Sthuti noticed that her nose was bleeding. She wiped it away with her handkerchief and even tried washing it off, but the bleeding wouldn’t stop. She went running to her parents who made her lie down. In a few hours, she got a fever too. “She was very scared. She hadn’t seen such a lot of blood in her life before. She thought she was going to die. Tests showed her platelet levels were very low and that her haemoglobin count was o
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The Only Difference Between 1-year-old Siddhi And Her Twin Sister Is A 1 Kilo Tumor In Her Liver

“The doctor said that if we decided to treat her, she’d have only 20% chances of getting out of this. It was devastating to hear that this disease has a cure, but it could even kill my baby girl. We were not prepared to lose her, so we decided to fight.”Siddhi recently turned 1 year old. Every day goes in trying to get her to say ‘Mamma’ and ‘Dada’. Navin and Akanksha challenge each other, and wager on what her first word would be. These are the only happy moments in their lives these days, at least, ever since Siddhi was diagnosed with cancer and given just 20% chance of survival.This baby girl is a twin but something grave differentiates her from her sisterFor Navin and Akanksha, this pregnancy was extremely exciting. ‘We always wanted a child. We were happy to get pregnant. I began showing very early. It was not quite normal, but I thought our baby was growing fast. When I went in for the scan, we found out that we were having twins! I secretly wished to have twins
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It Seems Like Our 3-month-old Baby Is Suffering Due To Our Choice To Give Him Life – We Need Help Saving Him

When I first held my baby lying on the hospital bed, I knew I had entered a new phase of my life. My 3-month-old baby, Taksh gave me the joy of motherhood for the very first time. But I never knew that my happiness came with suffering for my baby.After two years of my marriage with Pankaj, the arrival of Taksh completed our family. We live in Delhi. I worked in a small institution as an education counsellor before my pregnancy. Pankaj has recently started his own business and a lot of investment has gone for into the business.What looked like jaundice was much worse than we thoughtMy baby was born fine and I was discharged a day after his birth. In March, before taking Taksh for his usual vaccination, we observed a little yellowness of his eyes. We went to the doctors and asked for tests for jaundice. The tests reports didn’t show any visible problem. But the yellowness of the eyes kept increasing, also his stool was becoming white. We knew something was wrong with our baby. Panka
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More than Death, This 14-year-old Cancer Patient Fears That His Treatment Will Push His Parents Into Debt

“Mudassir keeps crying every day. He tells us that it is only because of him we had to give away every last rupee we had painfully saved over the years. We tell him not to worry and that he is more important to us than money, but the truth is we have no money left and are neck-deep in debt.” – Moula, Mudassir’s fatherIn December last year, 14-year-old Mudassir got a swelling in his neck that refused to go away. It became enlarged and painful to the touch over the days. The first time he went to the doctors, they said it was because of the harsh winter in Bengaluru. When the swelling started interfering with normal activities such as eating, drinking and even speaking, he went to the doctors again. This time, it turned out to be something his father, Moula, and mother, Mohsina, could never imagine in their wildest dreams. Cancer – It only took six letters to destroy their happiness.“We are religious people. Why did Allah do this to us?”A typical day for this family would
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After Bills Shoot Up To 50 Lakhs, Grocer Begs The World For Help To Save His Young Son From Terrible Accident

Even as a little boy, Soumen would say to me, “Baba, I will grow up and take care of you. I will not let you and Ma suffer like this.” Today, I stand by his hospital bed, in a city that is not home, struggling to save him.Even though it has been over a month, I vividly remember that Wednesday. He had called us just an hour ago. He was planning to come over for the weekend and asked if we needed anything from the city. When the phone rang again, I expected to hear him. It was a voice I did not recognize, telling me that my son had met with an accident. My wife and I dropped everything and caught a bus from Medinipur to Kolkata. We never in our worst nightmares expected to see what we did when we arrived.Soumen was unrecognizable. There were machines all around him. Tubes coming in and out of his body. A brace held his neck in place. His stomach was bloated, stitched up, and his head crushed. He was lying lifeless, with the ventilator breathing for him. “He was conscious,” sai
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This Young Girl's Heart And Lungs Have Been Failing Since She Was 6 Years Old And Now She Is Out Of Time

It started when she was just 6 years old. Sayali would get dizzy, lose consciousness and fall. She would vomit profusely until she could not get off the ground. The family dreaded the diagnosis. It was Pulmonary Hypertension. Sayali had high BP in the vessels that take blood to the heart and lungs. She was managing her condition, but the family never knew that it was only getting worse.Sayali grew up feeling her heart and lungs get weaker inside “When we first heard the term, we did not quite understand. We thought – BP? Sayali is too young to have this problem. It took us a while to realize that the situation was much worse than we imagined. Her heart was not able to pump enough blood to her lungs. As a result, both the organs had to work hard.”Sayali needed oxygen therapy, and a lot of drugs. She was always short of breath, unable to walk, run, play or do anything that a child usually does. As a result, she grew up introverted and timid, with a sense of being different from
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This Farmer's 5-Year-Old Daughter Vomits Twice As Much As She Eats Because Of A Deadly Disease

“I believed that there was no way her (Tharishka) condition could get any worse. But within just a few days I was told that if she doesn’t get additional and timely treatment, her kidneys will fail and she will be no more.” – Tharishka’s mother, Sheetal.Tharishka, in pain, and Sheetal at the hospitalSuffering from a rare and deadly disease, and on the verge of kidney failure, 5-year-old Tharishka condition has worsened rapidly and now she is extremely critical in the ICU. She needs to be in the ICU for a week and needs additional treatment to avoid complete kidney failure. She can recover, but her parents fear losing her because their financial condition is so weak that they have nothing left to save her.Tharishka is very critical and her kidneys are failingCurrently, Tharishka is so critical that her treatment, for now, cannot be delayed. She is in the ICU, undergoing dialysis, and she needs to remain there for at least a week more.“After this phase of dialysis, if she do
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A Whole Village Is Crowdfunding To Save Auto-driver’s 10-year-old Daughter From Certain Death

“I had a fever. I had to take medicines. I thought I would get better. I didn’t. Now I am afraid to close my eyes. I might not wake up.”10-year-old Abinaya was in hospital scrubs for her birthday, unable to eat cake, or even get off the bed to wear her birthday dress. She is fighting end-stage liver disease where her liver is almost entirely, irreversibly scarred. With over 80% damaged cells, Abinaya’s liver is unable to get rid of the toxins in her body. She needs a new organ at the earliest without which she will succumb to the disease.They never thought a fever would put her on the deathbed“Did you know that liver is called liver because you cannot live without it. It is life-giving and even regenerates on its own, unlike any other organ. My teacher told me when we first started human biology.” Abinaya had read all about jaundice. When her skin, eyes, and urine turned yellow, she knew what was happening. To make things worse, Abinaya was unable to eat and felt queasy
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Salesman's Daughter Is Fighting Multi-organ Failure And Is In A Coma, Struggling To Live

“Don’t get tensed and please don’t cry. I will be fine, you should just sit next to me and talk to me.”  - 10-year-old Megha’s words to her father before she lost her consciousness around 5 days ago.Srikanth and Megha at the hospitalSuffering from a deadly disease that has caused her kidneys to stop functioning along with severely affecting her liver and lungs, 10-year-old Megha is now extremely critical and unconscious in the ICU.  She has chances of recovering completely but she has no option but to remain in the ICU for the next few weeks and get additional life-saving treatment too. Her father, who has already sold everything he had, has nothing left to save her now.Megha’s urine contained blood and it was so painfulThe 10-year-old as completely normal up until January 2018. Suddenly, she couldn’t stop throwing up and her urine contained blood too. She had a sharp pain in her abdomen and her eyes were turning yellow too.These were very scary and dangerous symptoms
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This Math Teacher Is Struggling To Save His 10-Year-Old Daughter Who Has Been Reduced To Bones

If there’s anything 10-year-old Anjana loves more than going to school and meeting her friends, it’s playing carrom. Once full of life and always on the go, Anjana now even struggles to lift her hand on some days, let alone play her favourite sport. Blood cancer is draining the life out of her. Not only has it destroyed her childhood, but her parents, Kashiraya and Suvarna, now can’t go a single minute without fearing for her life. Only chemotherapy can save Anjana.  Cancer has made Anjana so weak that she can’t even walk on her own anymoreIt’s been two months since Kashiraya and Suvarana received the worst news of their lives. Since then, their lives have been consumed by this disease. Anjana struggles to even walk on her own, and Kashiraya stands with her as her pillar of strength, making sure to hold her hand through the pain.  “Anjana was always a healthy child, but two months ago she started eating less, and before we knew it, her weight had drastically reduced.
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