Update_30th September 2011

Hello Everyone!

Rishi had his second dose of injection day before yesterday . All is well by Gods grace.

He is back home now and his third dose will be given next week.

Please do keep the prayers on .

Thank you all once again :)

In Love, Gratitude, Prayers & Seva,
Team Saihands

Update 25th September 2011_Sunday

Hello Folks!

There is some good news.

Rishis treatment has started. As mentioned earlier , he has received his first dose. He is home now.

He will be admitted once a week , for 4 weeks , every time he gets another dose of the injection.

The better news is we found doners or rather , the doners found us :)

Wanted to take a moment to let everyone know , that there are kind souls in this world , like angels , who appear from no where . :)

StockTalkers , you'll surely are God sent :) a BIG THANK YOU to each one of you!

Thank you for driving all the way to Pune to personally hand over the money to the family and meeting them. They sure feel blessed.

Below are a few pictures we clicked with them alongwith Rishi , his sister, Rujuta (who is the bone marrow doner) and his father , Mr. Prakash Sarafdar.

Rishi

The "Stocktalkers" with Rishi (extreme left) and Mr.Prakash Sarafdar(Rishi father - extreme right)

Rishi and his sister , Rujuta.

Thank you all very much again for everything... and lets keep the prayers on , hoping all goes well with our Little Warrior :)

In Love, Gratitude, Prayers & Seva,
Team Saihands

Update_21st September 2011

Rishi went for his regular check up this morning. After the reports were out , the doctor suggested that we do not waste any more time in admitting him for the injections prescribed.

The situation was quite grim , coz the hospital at first refused to admit him without a deposit of 1 lakh INR.

After which the doctor was spoken to (who is also one of the founders of the hospital).

Looking at our previous records on payment , he agreed to admit him with a small certain amount which we have collected till now.

But we definitely need a LOT more :(

2 lacks is the total cost of 4 injections and we have just about collected 50 thousand...

I'm sure the good lord above has a plan....

He will be given one injection today and the next dose after a week. We will know by tonight if Rishi will be in hospital for the whole month or he will be allowed to be home in between the injection dozes.

Praying real hard.. something works out till then.

Apologies on being repetitive , but if anyone is willing to contribute , please do feel free to get in touch with me at tina.malkani@gmail.com and i shall give you the address to which you can courier cheques to .

The cheque is most welcome directly on the name of the hospital with Rishis ref number written behind it (these details shall be given to you once I am contacted for the same)

Also , anyone who wants to wire money , please do feel free to wire it to the account mentioned in one of our first updates on Rishi...

http://saverishi.blogspot.com/2010/09/details-for-transfering-money.html

A sincere thanks to each one of you , who remember Rishi in your prayers too...

In Love, Gratitude, Prayers & Seva,
Team Saihands

Update 19th September 2011

HI Folks!

Yes! It's been a very long time.. and i was glad I had nothing to write about here , till now... :(

Rishi has been going for regular check ups. All seems well with his blood cells.. but not with his liver.

The last time , which was in about March , our little warrior needed 4 injections as he had contracted GVHD ... Graft Versus Host Disease , for which he was treated immediately with the help of a few very very kind souls who made it possible for him to continue fighting this battle.

After which he needed medication continuously which also would cost a bomb , would it not have been very kind of a dear sai brother who helped us through this by getting us a discount of nearly 50% for his medication. This kind gesture was shown not only once, but infact twice. A very BIG THANK YOU from all of us...may God bless you all always ..

It was all stable for a while with medication , but now again , this week , when they went for their regular check up , they found that he had GVHD again!! of the Liver!

For those of you , who are joining us now... here is a little about GVHD :

Rishi has developed a Graft Versus Host disease of the Liver . GVHD is a complication that can arise post bone marrow transplant in which newly transplanted material attacks the recipient's body. As part of the treatment, he will need IV-mabthera 500mg weekly - in all 4 doses. The cost for the same would be about 2 lacs. Need help in mobilizing the same. The cost of 2 Lacs mentioned above is towards 2 doses. The hospital has agreed to bear the cost of the other 2 doses. However, we need the funds in place before the first dose can be administered.

We are sure these are tests of times that our little warrior and his family are going through and there are enough kind souls to help him out of these.

Please do feel free to get in touch with us for this cause at any time .

Looking forward to hearing from you on the same.

PS - Attached below is the letter from the doctor dated 16th Sept 2011.

In Love, Gratitude, Prayers & Seva,
Team Saihands