Wednesday, 20 June 2018

9-Year-Old With An Underdeveloped Bladder And Failed Kidneys Will Lose Her Life Without An Urgent Surgery


"She's only 9-years-old and all she has experienced in life is pain. Her childhood is consumed by a terrible disease. I don't remember leaving the house to go anywhere else in the past few years except the hospitals. She has frequent urination but her bladder is very small and some amount of urine is always left in the bladder. I have to drain the urine from her bladder atleast 4-5 times a day. She has to go through this painful procedure because only this can keep her infections levels low." -  Madhavi, Chandrika's mother.Chandrika had surgery when she was just 2, now the catheter has become a part of her life When Chandrika was 2-years-old she had a high fever and stomach pain. She was rushed to the hospital and doctors found that she has a rupture in her bladder. She was diagnosed with Vesicoureteral (VUR), an abnormal flow of urine from the bladder back up the tubes that connect kidneys to the bladder. Normally, urine flows only down from kidneys to the bladder. She also had hype
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