"My little daughter holds her head and cries out in pain. When I try to console her, she immediately turns away from me and hides beneath the sheets. I can't see my daughter in so much pain. I want to save her life." says Kamaji Kaushalye, father of Sanskruti.

Sanskruti was an active child who always had a smile on her face no matter what. We haven't seen her cry before. She loved to play and dance. It all started when she started getting fever and severe stomach pain. The pain increased so much that she started getting vomiting. we approached our local doctor in Nanded and medicines were given but the pain did not reduce. fever kept on increasing. This worried us.

We were asked to take her to a bigger hospital to understand her illness, so we took her to Aurangabad and her detailed tests were done. The nurse at the hospital took her blood samples and we were waiting for her results. The wait was too long and we had no clue why all these tests were done. Later, the nurse came and she told us my daughter is suffering from B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a type of blood cancer. We did not understand what needed to be done our world came to a stand still.

We took the courage and spoke with the doctors and understood that she required chemotherapy and other medicines. It was a tensed moment when doctor said the total cost of treatment is Rs.8.5 lakhs. We started arranging the money but it was too difficult for us to raise such big amount. We took loan from relatives and also sold my wife's ornaments but that was just enough for her basic treatments and check ups.

We approached the hospital if they could help us with the treatment cost that is when they suggested us to CARF. CARF has been very helpful to us. now together we would need the support of all kind hearted people to come and help me save my daughter.


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