Children Cancer Stories by Rukh Yusuf – Blog # 76
Sometimes random moments leave unforgettable memories. These moments can be happy and sometimes they are unbearably sad. Happy moments or incidents become a lifetime joy and sad moments keeps hurting you until you try to remove the source of grief or do something to alleviate pain.
An incident is hurting me since I saw that, and I hope to do something positive to alleviate the pain and suffering of the little innocent soul.
Our oncology department is on the the third floor and adjacent to our pharmacy there is a bridge that leads to the other building. The door opens to that bridge and there is a guard on duty who monitors public movement.
On a fine afternoon, I saw a young girl around ten years of age, asking the guard to open the door as she wanted to go to bridge on third floor. As she was alone, and the guard assessed her intention, so he was not allowing her to go out. So, she was crying loudly, I heard that and tried talking to the little soul. She was too angry to talk. I hardly managed to calm her down and asked her the reason behind her attitude. I am still extremely sad since she poured her heart out to me.
She is leukemia patient, and her name is Sataish. She is only eight years old, and she is tired of her disease and long illness. She wanted to be discharged and her doctor did not allow her to go home as her disease was active and she was under treatment.
Sataish was so sick of the treatment that she wanted to die by jumping from third floor bridge of the building. The guard took her intention, and she was angry at him. This thought is scary, a child who is only ten years old wants to kill herself out of disease distress.
Tears were rolling down her cheeks and she was saying it would be better if I die. I was stunned while she was telling me, and the saddest moment stayed in my eyes.
Sataish belongs to a poor family of Sialkot and her father died few years back due to diabetes, rather I would say he died due to misery. He has three daughters, Sataish is one of them. Her mother, the poor widow is hardly managing her three daughters, and one with a serious disease of blood cancer.
She was diagnosed as a case of Leukemia one year ago and she is under treatment, her condition is not that good to be discharged. She is afraid of being there in the ward. She can’t see other sick patients and do not want to believe that she got that terrible disease. So, she decided to die after long struggle of one year. Ah…
She is the one who expressed her grief by doing this bold act of dying and just imagine all other children who have similar feelings but cannot express their pain.
Sataish treatment is going on, we tried to counsel her, relax her and she is under observation, but complete treatment is of three years, and I only can pray that she and her family are courageous enough to bear this treatment.
Let’s pray and do something positive that no child thinks of dying in such an age of blooming and growing. Let’s take every possible step to make our society better for our new generation.
We pray for the ease of Sataish’s mother and her family. We pray for the health and happiness and dreams of Sataish and her safe and successful future life and ease of her family. Nothing is impossible for our Lord.
Prayers for the complete health and recovery of all other warriors who are suffering with their families. May Allah ease and cure all patients and cancer warriors.
Note: Names have been changed to protect identity
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