The Cuban activist Idelisa Diasniurka Salcedo Verdecia made an urgent appeal on Monday for a blood donor for a baby in Havana suffering from a rare condition, popularly known as "God's disease."
According to their post, baby Mateo Domínguez Serrano, who suffers from hematohidrosis, "is seriously ill and urgently needs a B negative blood donor," Salcedo wrote on Facebook.
In her post, the activist reported that the baby is in Havana, at the Juan Manuel Márquez Hospital in Santa Fe, and noted that there is a lack of availability of the necessary blood type, which has left the mother in a desperate situation.
"They are asking for 5,000 pesos for the donation; I know it is inconceivable, and what I need is for someone to make the blood donation," Salcedo reported, warning that the request for help is a matter of "life or death."
Finally, Salcedo urged those who can help to get in touch directly with the baby's mother at the number 5350507673 to coordinate blood donation and provide the necessary support during this critical time.
Recently, baby Mateo and his family received a washing machine, an air conditioner, and a fan, thanks to the solidarity generated by the difficult situation the little one faces, as he suffers from hematohidrosis, a rare condition that causes him to sweat and cry blood.
In 2020, CiberCuba interviewed the mother of Dianelis González Medina, a Cuban who was 32 years old at the time and had a four-year-old daughter. Her life was ordinary until she began to cry and sweat blood in 2017.
"She has the disease of God," said her mother, referring to her daughter's condition, a very rare affliction mentioned in a biblical passage about Jesus in the Garden of Olives.
The Gospel according to St. Luke states that after the Last Supper, Jesus went to pray on the Mount of Olives, where he was seen sweating blood.
"And being in anguish, he prayed more fervently; and his sweat was like great drops of blood falling to the ground." (Chapter 22, verse 44).
Suffering from that rare disease led Dianelis González Medina to seek support from the international scientific community and to volunteer for research on the hematidrosis she experienced.
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