Sthuti 's Body Has Stopped Producing Blood Cells, Even Playing With Other Children May Kill Her

9-year-old Sthuti can only look out of the window at children playing outside. She can't play because her body no longer makes any blood. Even the smallest impact can cause uncontrolled internal bleeding. She is being kept alive through blood transfusions – but with time, it will no longer be enough. Only a bone-marrow transplant can save her. Sthuti has not gone back school since she fell sickSthuthi thinks that her next nosebleed will kill herLast March, her nosebleed started as she was walking back home. She wiped it away with her handkerchief. She even tried washing it off but the blood kept flowing. Terrified, she went running to her parents. They made her lie down and smell onions too. Nothing helped. She got a fever from blood loss.Sthuti's parents blame themselves for their youngest child's critical condition“She is scared and asks me if she is going to die. She has never seen this much blood – she is too young. We are uneducated and we thought her nose bled because of
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