Cuban mother pleads for humanitarian aid for her son: "She does not lose her will to live"

The CubanFrida Riveron, mother of the boy Thiago Fernando,affected by an alleged medical error during surgery, begged forhumanitarian aid for his nine-year-old little boy.

“All the emptiness in my life is filled by your smile. "What we didn't expect was that life would play such a trick on us," the grieving woman wrote inFacebook, with the tags #sosthiago, #littleneedshelp and #humanitarianhelp.

After undergoing an operation lasting more than 22 hours last February, under the effect of general anesthesia, for a stem cell implant, Thiago Fernando was left without mobility on the left side of his body.

The boy who lives in Havana also suffers from permanent respiratory failure and generalized scoliosis, which has also caused him to lose muscle mass.

Since then, the mother has repeatedly denounced on Facebook that the government neglects the vulnerable young child, amidthe crisis that the country is going through, the worst in the last six decades.

Last Friday,Riverón wondered: “Until when do I have to continue with my son without medication?”

Also, on March 11, the motherdenounced the apathy of the regime: “Remember that I have two minors, one who is 3 years old and Thiago, who is 9 years old, who is sick with a medical condition and they have not given the errands, the module that corresponds to him, I do not even have water to drink, they are not going to be hungry. nowhere".

The young mother's desperation has led her to ask for humanitarian aid for her son on social networks.

“Family and friends, please ask for everyone's help, flood the networks with #sosthiago so that it reaches receptive ears and we can help my #sosthiago to achieve his #humanitarian aid,” he wrote onFacebook.

After the surgery that Thiago Fernando underwent in February, for a stem cell implant, Riverón revealed inFacebook that the little boy was left without mobility on the left side of his body.

The young mother's hardships began when she learned that the implant was not satisfactory. “The second part of the process was not carried out as they should, because the medical staff at 11:00 pm was not complete,” she said.

According to her testimony, the absence of professionals at night led the doctors to make decisions that harmed her son. Instead of using a deep vein to administer medication, they used a superficial vein in one hand, which was insufficient.

Riverón's despair and hopelessness increased when he was informed of the closure of the stem cell implantation program due to a shortage of supplies and lack of personnel, which endangers his son's future.

Since then he has been begging for a humanitarian visa for the nine-year-old boy.

Hedeterioration of the health system in Cuba It is evident in all provinces and causes families to seek desperate solutions such as applying for humanitarian visas.

At the beginning of March, Karina Ricardo, a mother who lives in the province of Holguín,He asked for help for his three-year-old son who suffers from a rare disease, called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, which has no treatment in Cuba.

She requested a humanitarian visa so that the boy, who is wheelchair-bound, could undergo surgery abroad.