The environment of the Cuban child Yoslany Herrera López, aged 6, reached out to the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation in Miami and the office of still Republican Senator Marco Rubio, seeking help to save the child's life. Both have responded immediately, expressing interest in the case.

As reported by CiberCuba, the family needs a humanitarian visa to save the life of Yoslany Herrera López. The boy suffers from cystic fibrosis, with the added complication that his lungs are severely damaged, and his body is weakened by severe malnutrition. Outside of Cuba, this illness is chronic, but as his mother, Katy López, states, within the Island, it is fatal.

In fact, Cuban doctors have clearly told the mother that there is nothing more they can do to save the life of Yoslany Herrera, who is only 6 years old. However, she refuses to sit idly by while her son is dying.

Initially, the family turned to the Jackson Health Foundation in Florida to plead for a miracle. However, after not receiving a response, they decided to reach out to Nicklaus Children's Hospital, a pediatric facility in Miami, which responded immediately and showed interest in the child's situation.

Nicklaus Children's Hospital has requested a medical report detailing the diagnosis made for the child, along with a photo of the minor and his parents, and proof of health insurance, which the child's relatives in Florida are willing to obtain in order to save him.

The child's environment also reached out to Senator Marco Rubio, and his office in Florida confirmed that they have received the request and that a response can be expected soon.

69 times admitted

With this ray of hope on the horizon, the family has begun the processes in Cuba to try to obtain the humanitarian visa that could save the life of young Yoslany Herrera López. The child was diagnosed with this genetic disease, which primarily affects the lungs, at the age of two. Since then, he has been hospitalized 69 times.

Katy López's despair is akin to that of Arlety Llerena Martínez, also Cuban and the mother of Jorgito Reina, a 7-year-old boy with cancer who urgently needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. The medical team has informed the family that such procedures have not been performed in Cuba for some time.

Jorgito Reina has been waiting for a humanitarian visa for almost a year. Senator Marco Rubio himself intervened in the case to urge USCIS to expedite its review, but his intervention caused annoyance in Havana, and the process remained on hold.

CiberCuba has reached out to USCIS to request information regarding the protocols that apply in life-or-death cases, and at the time of publishing this news, no response had been received.