A Cuban girl suffering from leukemia urgently needs help to receive treatment in the United States, as there are no possibilities to cure her in Cuba.
Lia Isabel García Torres, five years old, was diagnosed last year with acute lymphoid leukemia and is hospitalized at the Juan Manuel Márquez Pediatric Hospital in Havana.
The Cuban activist Diasniurka Salcedo Verdecia reported on her Facebook profile that there is a hospital in the United States willing to treat her, but it does not cover the expenses.
It is still unknown how much its treatment might cost, in general, over two years, so it is necessary for all individuals who wish to and want to save Lia to be able to donate," he explained.
Five pesos, 10 pesos, it doesn't need to be much, but it is a great help that this girl who wants to live and needs it, please. Let's help Lia, because she can also get better!
Diasniurka shared the link to the open account on the GoFundMe platform to send donations. At the time of writing this note, only $355 out of a goal of $30,000 has been raised.
The Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami accepted the case of the little girl, but her family needs help to cover the expenses.
Days ago, Lia's mother, Yailé Torres, asked for help to obtain a humanitarian visa for them.
For anyone interested in making a donation, their phone number is 53 55357831 and their cards are: CUP 9205 0699 9292 4240 and CUC 9235 0699 9561 9718.
The girl began to have problems in October, with the liver and spleen swollen and platelets and hemoglobin very low. At William Soler Hospital, in Havana, she was diagnosed with leukemia, with the bone marrow practically full (98%) of malignant cells.
She was transferred to Juan Manuel Márquez Hospital to start chemotherapy, but she had an adverse reaction and was in critical intensive care. Doctors gave her hours to live as her heart enlarged significantly, had fluid in her lungs, and severely damaged liver and kidneys.
"Throughout all this time, I have had a lot of trouble getting treatment, because sadly here in Cuba there are many shortages of everything, both medications, which I have lacked to complete some chemotherapy sessions; I have even taken substitute medications, not the ones I really need, and also in terms of work materials: tubes, syringes, bandages, and more," the person who opened the GoFundMe fundraising campaign said.
Lia is currently receiving high-risk injections, but when that treatment finishes, she will need to take pills that have not been available in the country for about four years.
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