Children Cancer Stories by Rukh Yusuf - Blog # 88
I am Rukh Yusuf, Clinical Pharmacist, also specialized in Total Parenteral Nutrition and Bone Marrow Transplant. I have been working in Pediatric Oncology unit of a public hospital for several years. The mission of this blog is to bring to you the real-life stories of child patients suffering from cancer. Cancer is still a difficult disease to handle and treat. However, when it strikes the children, some so young that they cannot even speak, their agony is beyond expression and words. Let us pray especially for children suffering from cancer for early and complete remission. May Allah shower His Merciful Blessings upon them. Aameen.
His disease started with fever. For 2 months he had fever off and on. Poor family had no idea what this fever was all about. They used to get his treatment whenever he had a fever episode.
When the episodes lingered on, the parents reached hospital, and the local hospital in Faisalabad did some blood tests and found blast cells. Seeing blast cells, doctors asked the family to consult tertiary care hospital in Lahore.
Sometimes lack of information and education leads to severe trouble. Sixty percent of our population is uneducated. And even the educated ones are not fully aware of health issues. This is a major reason of disease prevalence and incidence in our country. In such scenario, when a large population is unaware and uninformed, it’s the duty of the educated and informed to help the ones in need.
Just imagine, our sincere advice, our guidance or little help can change someone's life. A kind word, spreading awareness for the betterment of someone brings lots of positive outcome and if the chain continues, we can change the society.
Great responsibility lies on the ones who are highly educated to spread awareness and kindness. Then comes the ones who are informed about the health outcomes. Little information and guidance can work wonders.
Nauman was only six years old when his disease started. He was just a nursery student. He still does not know what is going on with him. He just plays with toys, and he knows he has moved to hospital due to his fever.
Nauman belongs to a laborer family from Sahiwal. He has three sisters, and he is the only son of his parents. Nauman was diagnosed as Pre-B ALL (Acute lymphoblastic leukemia). It is heartbreaking situation when the only son of a laborer father is diagnosed with a blood cancer at a hospital far from his hometown, a very desperate situation for the family.
Nauman's chemotherapy has been started. Parents have hardly absorbed the news and they are ready to do anything for their son. Nauman does not know the disease or its severity being not in that age and as he belongs to a very simple family, he is not able to understand the complexities of life. Life is tough but still going on. His mother thinks that her son will be alright soon. His father is worried how he will be able to complete the treatment, as he has to take a break from his daily wages work for the treatment of his son and arrange for the livelihood of his family.
Let’s pray for the ease of Nauman’s family and health and recovery for him as nothing is impossible for Allah. Prayers for the ease for Nauman and his family. Aameen. May Allah recover him soon and may he live normal healthy life. Aameen
May Allah recover all patients. May Allah ease and cure all patients and cancer warriors.
Note: Names have been changed to protect identity
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