Medicines Aren’t Enough To Keep This 7-Year-Old Alive

“When they poke him with needles several times to find a vein to draw blood, he winces in pain, holding back his tears. He looks at me and I hold his hand, telling him that it’ll be over soon. My son has gone from being terrified of needles to thinking that this is ‘normal’. At the age of 7, he has spent more time in a hospital ward than a classroom." - Surendra, Father.

Mahir started vomiting blood and bleeding uncontrollably from his nose because of transfusions

“Ever since he was baby, he’s had blood transfusions every 15 days. Two years ago, the iron build up was so much due to the transfusions, that his spleen got damaged. He started vomiting blood and bleeding profusely from his nose. He had surgery and immediately went back to the transfusions. Now, even that’s not enough to keep him going. He’s only going to get weaker and slip away from us without a bone marrow transplant.”

After postponing the transplant once, Mahir is now running out of time – he has only two weeks left for surgery

“A year ago, I found out a transplant can save my son’s life and put him out of the misery that he’s been living with for 7 years now. I couldn’t afford the surgery then, and a year later, I still can’t afford it. In the past year, his condition has gone from bad to worse, and I can’t help but blame myself. Now he has 2 weeks to get the transplant and my pockets are emptier than ever.”

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