Solidarity enabled a Cuban family to obtain the necessary medications so that a mother diagnosed with cancer can soon begin her chemotherapy treatment.
Odette Brito announced the news in the Facebook group San Antonio de Las Vegas, in Mayabeque, where she had previously sought help for her mother, known in the community as "Normita la farmacéutica."
«My beautiful people, we did it. My mom will have her medication very soon to start her treatment,» the young woman announced.
Brito thanked all the individuals who shared the call, made financial contributions, or began donating medications and surgical supplies necessary for the patient's care.
"We are infinitely grateful to everyone, as each contribution was very meaningful and important for our family," he/she expressed.
“Now comes the hardest and most difficult part for her”, Brito acknowledged, stating that the people who responded to the call gave his mother “a second chance.”
The young woman concluded her message with a phrase of hope for family, friends, and neighbors who rallied to help: "So Normita will be around for a while. Amen."
The call for help had begun after Normita received a diagnosis in June of invasive ductal carcinoma, not otherwise specified, grade 2, with significant tumor necrosis.
The oncologist recommended a treatment consisting of eight vials of adriamycin, four of cyclophosphamide, and four of Taxol. The family managed to enroll her at the Joaquín Albarrán Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital, but the center did not have the prescribed medications available.
Due to the lack of medications in the consulted hospitals, the daughter made the case public and requested help to obtain the 16 vials.
He explained then that each bulb was sold in the informal market for prices ranging from 90 to 200 dollars.
Applied to the 16 prescribed medications, the expenditure could range between 1,440 and 3,200 dollars, not including other drugs, supplies, and associated expenses.
The family's economic situation made it impossible to take on that cost. Normita receives a monthly salary of 4,000 Cuban pesos, while one of her sons earns around 12,000 pesos and her husband is retired and unable to work.
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