Mother of child with leukemia forms cancer association to provide information to families of sufferers
FOR any woman who is a mother, she certainly cannot bear to see her child suffer, especially if her beloved little one is diagnosed with cancer.
Coupled with the lack of knowledge about the disease, anyone would be shocked, worried and afraid of losing their offspring.
However, the child’s behavior suddenly changed in May 2021, when the country was imposed a Movement Restriction Order.
My child seems tired and unexcited when given his favorite activities.
At first I thought he was tired from taking online classes because he complained of eye strain when facing the computer screen,” he said while sharing his experience in conjunction with the Closing the Care Gap A Person Centred Cancer Journey event at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) recently.However, the situation worsened when the eldest of the three siblings also showed several other symptoms within just a few days.
His mouth was blistered and bleeding profusely. Mahiyaa then developed a fever with a high temperature, he added. Following that, Lavaniyah immediately took him to the hospital for further examination.After a series of blood tests, Mahiyaa tested positive for the Philadelphia chromosome and was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at the age of 6 Admitting that she was saddened by the news, The 38-year-old woman however did not give up.
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