This baby needs your urgent help to treat his leukemia #SaveHim

Imad was just three months old when my wife and I received the worst news possible for any parent. Our child had been diagnosed with a condition known as Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many immature lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). As the situation was spelled out to us in the hospital, we sat back – shocked and blank. The terms were alien to us, but the doctor’s expression wasn’t. We immediately knew that our lives were about to change. This is a type of cancer that usually gets worse quickly if it is not treated. But the doctor told us that a bone marrow transplant (BMT) could rid Imad of this dreadful disease. However, the BMT procedure costs a staggering Rs 15 lakhs ($ 21,400) – an amount that I couldn’t even dream of putting together on my own.

My name is Mohamed Asif and I am Imad’s father. I knew something was seriously wrong after noticing he had been crying excessively for a number of days. Watching my boy suffer unimaginable pain has been agonizing, driving us to desperation, despondency, and distress. With only a meager income, I am struggling to pay his mounting bills. I am the only earning member in my family and have no support from anywhere else and no other sources of funding. 

We have already spent Rs 2 lakhs ($ 3,080) for Imad’s treatment, which involves induction chemotherapy. The doctors have told us that he is responding well to the care he is currently receiving. But his complete treatment is time-bound-- if we delay it could lead to dire complications. Desperate, scared, and frantic, we’ve now pinned all hopes on the Almighty and the kindness of others to help bring our boy back from the jaws of death. His future well-being depends on your support now. I implore upon you to donate generously, in order to secure for him a healthy new life.

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