Hello Folks!..
Rishi was admitted to hospital for a day. His platelet count has dropped to 7000 which is not great news ; but the docs say that this fluctuation will keep happening for some time.
The next 2 weeks are kind of going to be tough, coz it should not drop even further.
He is being given bottles of blood /platelets which helps temporarily.
He had developed a rash all over his body. Docs suspected GVHD (Graft-versus-host disease), which got us worried .
I did mention to Mr.Prakash that no matter what the docs say , we should apply vibhuti to all the parts that have rash on Rishis body. He did just that and today called and told me all the rash has gone and its not GVHD . :) .. Such is how the good lord works his wonders :)
The status right now is that , Rishi is going to be back home this evening.
One of our Sai brothers had recommended Papaya stalk to increase his platelet count... He has started with that. I'm sure it going to work.
Lets all stay positive. We have told Rishi that he has to attend his exams in school in March and his father has even got him the text books. He is pumped with life at the thought of it! which is good coz he not only needs to stay positive but also believe that he will be well soon enough to even go to school!
Please keep the prayers on .. and once again thank you everyone for all your support.
In Love, gratitude and Prayer, always,
Tina
Saturday, 27 November 2010
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Update_17th November 2010
HI Everyone!
I've been waiting to hear a little positive from Mr.Prakash to update this space.
Rishi has been in and out of the hospital for various tests.
The status as on now is he was given some blood/platelets again and hence his counts have increased.
We now only hope it does not go down again but stabilizes.
From all the donations we have collected till now , we have been able to help the family to an extent.
We still require a lot of funds to continue to ensure Rishis speedy recovery, being it the healthy living conditions he needs to be in , or the diet he needs to have to build hemoglobin and immunity.
One of our very dear Sai brothers has arranged to help for the transport facility to bring Rishi to and fro from hospital which is needed 2 - 3 times a week , which otherwise costs a bomb! and is very difficult to afford.May the good lord bless this doner.
We are trying various ways in which we could help this child win this.
If anyone has any suggestions ,on anything .. like the diet or anyone who can help with anything else also, please do feel free to comment.
Thank you all for your continuous support, please keep the prayers on . These are very testing times for this family and all of us and prayer and positivity will help us all win this!
In Love,gratitude and prayer, always,
Tina.
I've been waiting to hear a little positive from Mr.Prakash to update this space.
Rishi has been in and out of the hospital for various tests.
The status as on now is he was given some blood/platelets again and hence his counts have increased.
We now only hope it does not go down again but stabilizes.
From all the donations we have collected till now , we have been able to help the family to an extent.
We still require a lot of funds to continue to ensure Rishis speedy recovery, being it the healthy living conditions he needs to be in , or the diet he needs to have to build hemoglobin and immunity.
One of our very dear Sai brothers has arranged to help for the transport facility to bring Rishi to and fro from hospital which is needed 2 - 3 times a week , which otherwise costs a bomb! and is very difficult to afford.May the good lord bless this doner.
We are trying various ways in which we could help this child win this.
If anyone has any suggestions ,on anything .. like the diet or anyone who can help with anything else also, please do feel free to comment.
Thank you all for your continuous support, please keep the prayers on . These are very testing times for this family and all of us and prayer and positivity will help us all win this!
In Love,gratitude and prayer, always,
Tina.
Monday, 8 November 2010
Update _9th Nov 2010
Hi Folks!
Not great news.
Rishi has been admitted back into hospital.
His platelet count has further decreased.
The doctors say his bone marrow needs to be tested for relapse.
We will know the reports in a day or 2.
Will keep you all posted.
Our prayers can help this child.
Please , please, continue praying for him and I am sure by the grace of the good lord he will be fine.
Thank you all..
In love, gratitude & Prayer, always,
Tina.
Not great news.
Rishi has been admitted back into hospital.
His platelet count has further decreased.
The doctors say his bone marrow needs to be tested for relapse.
We will know the reports in a day or 2.
Will keep you all posted.
Our prayers can help this child.
Please , please, continue praying for him and I am sure by the grace of the good lord he will be fine.
Thank you all..
In love, gratitude & Prayer, always,
Tina.
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Update/Appeal November 2nd 2010
Hi all,
We visited Rishi today. His parents, sister and grandmother were all at home. Recent reports of Rishi were stable though not very positive. His platelets count has gone low than expected. His medication has been altered accordingly.
Rishi has a sterile room dedicated for himself out of the 2 room house the family lives in. Rishi needs to visit Sahyadri hospital twice a week - Mondays and Thursdays. On an easy count his father ends up spending about 8K INR on every trip he makes to the hospital. This includes the expenses for tests which are conducted on Rishi and the transport charges.
The transport is also organized in a packed, clean vehicle.
Having given you all the status from my side let me come back to the purpose of this post. We now have the file maintained and organized chronologically by Rishi's father of all bills
and corresponding receipts. Since Rishi's father could not gather funds all at once he has made the payments in very small amounts as and when he could collect.
We are amazed, shocked and very very touched that in such challenging times as well his father has kept his records clean.
The file contains over 500 receipts with varying amounts with as low as Rs 500 to max Rs 2 lacs. The totals of course add up to our calculations. We could not scan all the receipts.
We have picked out receipts which are significant in amounts and also attached the copy of his bank loan.
Rishi's father still has outgoings of about Rs 10 lacs. All medical expenses so far have been covered except for medicines which are not available in hospital stores and which need to be imported. It has been very humbling to get that file from Prakashji and somewhere it did not feel right to demand records from him given the circumstances.
We hereby appeal and trust that the documents we produce authenticate our efforts in gathering funds to aid Rishi's family.
Forgive my repetition,but , Rishi's case was one of the few curable cases of bone marrow / blood cancer. He underwent operation in October 2010 and is still undergoing post-chemo/transplant recovery.
Let's keep Rishi & his family in our prayers as always.
Thank you..
In Love,Gratitude & Prayer always,
Sai ram
Tina
PS - scanned copies of the receipts :
We visited Rishi today. His parents, sister and grandmother were all at home. Recent reports of Rishi were stable though not very positive. His platelets count has gone low than expected. His medication has been altered accordingly.
Rishi has a sterile room dedicated for himself out of the 2 room house the family lives in. Rishi needs to visit Sahyadri hospital twice a week - Mondays and Thursdays. On an easy count his father ends up spending about 8K INR on every trip he makes to the hospital. This includes the expenses for tests which are conducted on Rishi and the transport charges.
The transport is also organized in a packed, clean vehicle.
Having given you all the status from my side let me come back to the purpose of this post. We now have the file maintained and organized chronologically by Rishi's father of all bills
and corresponding receipts. Since Rishi's father could not gather funds all at once he has made the payments in very small amounts as and when he could collect.
We are amazed, shocked and very very touched that in such challenging times as well his father has kept his records clean.
The file contains over 500 receipts with varying amounts with as low as Rs 500 to max Rs 2 lacs. The totals of course add up to our calculations. We could not scan all the receipts.
We have picked out receipts which are significant in amounts and also attached the copy of his bank loan.
Rishi's father still has outgoings of about Rs 10 lacs. All medical expenses so far have been covered except for medicines which are not available in hospital stores and which need to be imported. It has been very humbling to get that file from Prakashji and somewhere it did not feel right to demand records from him given the circumstances.
We hereby appeal and trust that the documents we produce authenticate our efforts in gathering funds to aid Rishi's family.
Forgive my repetition,but , Rishi's case was one of the few curable cases of bone marrow / blood cancer. He underwent operation in October 2010 and is still undergoing post-chemo/transplant recovery.
Let's keep Rishi & his family in our prayers as always.
Thank you..
In Love,Gratitude & Prayer always,
Sai ram
Tina
PS - scanned copies of the receipts :
Monday, 1 November 2010
Update_2nd November 2010
Just spoke to Mr.Prakash.
Not great news.
Rishis counts have suddenly dropped, by 50% .
Even the doctors are surprised as he was doing very well till now.
They have sent his blood to Blore again , to get tested and we will know the exact status in 3 - 4 days.
Will keep you all posted.
Please, Please, continue the prayers , they are very needed at this point in time and always.
Thank you.
In love,gratitude and Prayers, always,
Tina
Not great news.
Rishis counts have suddenly dropped, by 50% .
Even the doctors are surprised as he was doing very well till now.
They have sent his blood to Blore again , to get tested and we will know the exact status in 3 - 4 days.
Will keep you all posted.
Please, Please, continue the prayers , they are very needed at this point in time and always.
Thank you.
In love,gratitude and Prayers, always,
Tina
Monday, 25 October 2010
An Appeal.. 25th October 2010
Hi Everyone!
My husband and I visited Rishis home yesterday to see how the progress of his health is going.
I could not get any pictures coz at home as well he is in a sterile room , where only his mother is allowed to go, not even Mr.Prakash. He has an attached washroom there itself and watches television all day. Food is given to him inside .
We had a long chat with Mr.Prakash about all the expenses that have happened till date and are going to happen furthermore.
He did mention that till now , the debt that is on him is nearly to the tune of 15 Lkahs!
This man earns just 13 thousand per month from the job that he does. He has a 5 member family, including himself.
He has a younger daughter who goes to school (grade 5) , Rishi at the moment is obviously on a break from school.
Rishis medication per month is nothing less than 20- 25 thousand as they are imported medicines and are not sold in the hospital.
Rishis treatment/follow ups will gpo on for another year minimum.
At the least ,We now need to help this family , with the following :
*/ Payment of the family’s obligations (loans) [including the one taken to pay the final hospital bill] which is approximately 15 lakhs
*/ The cost associated with Rishi’s monthly maintenance i.e. ensuring he gets a good diet, sterile living conditions and his transport to the hospital (considerably far from his house).
*/ The cost of the medicines which are not being covered by the hospital. This is quite an amount approx 20-25k monthly.
*/ Making sure Rutuja does not suffer or is at a loss for basic necessities in the bargain.
PS- Yesterday, their mother mentioned that Rutuja is defnitely feeling neglected and has even questioned them , "Mummy when will life be happy and normal again" ...
That line touched not only my heart , but my soul.
This is an appeal to all of you , to please please spread the word and try and collect as much funds as possible to help this family.
Now that we have taken these few steps, lets all go the full 9 yards and do whatever it is in our capacity to help...
Prayers definitely need to go on...
Thank you for everything..
In love,gratitude and prayer, always,
Tina
PS- we have all the bills and reports needed for this from the hospital .
My husband and I visited Rishis home yesterday to see how the progress of his health is going.
I could not get any pictures coz at home as well he is in a sterile room , where only his mother is allowed to go, not even Mr.Prakash. He has an attached washroom there itself and watches television all day. Food is given to him inside .
We had a long chat with Mr.Prakash about all the expenses that have happened till date and are going to happen furthermore.
He did mention that till now , the debt that is on him is nearly to the tune of 15 Lkahs!
This man earns just 13 thousand per month from the job that he does. He has a 5 member family, including himself.
He has a younger daughter who goes to school (grade 5) , Rishi at the moment is obviously on a break from school.
Rishis medication per month is nothing less than 20- 25 thousand as they are imported medicines and are not sold in the hospital.
Rishis treatment/follow ups will gpo on for another year minimum.
At the least ,We now need to help this family , with the following :
*/ Payment of the family’s obligations (loans) [including the one taken to pay the final hospital bill] which is approximately 15 lakhs
*/ The cost associated with Rishi’s monthly maintenance i.e. ensuring he gets a good diet, sterile living conditions and his transport to the hospital (considerably far from his house).
*/ The cost of the medicines which are not being covered by the hospital. This is quite an amount approx 20-25k monthly.
*/ Making sure Rutuja does not suffer or is at a loss for basic necessities in the bargain.
PS- Yesterday, their mother mentioned that Rutuja is defnitely feeling neglected and has even questioned them , "Mummy when will life be happy and normal again" ...
That line touched not only my heart , but my soul.
This is an appeal to all of you , to please please spread the word and try and collect as much funds as possible to help this family.
Now that we have taken these few steps, lets all go the full 9 yards and do whatever it is in our capacity to help...
Prayers definitely need to go on...
Thank you for everything..
In love,gratitude and prayer, always,
Tina
PS- we have all the bills and reports needed for this from the hospital .
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Update_22nd October 2010
I feel so happy to write this to all of you. This is by far the best day :)
Rishi was discharged yesterday. Everything went off smoothly by the good Lords grace.
He is clear by 99.2% :)
He reached home at 8:00 pm last night.
I spoke to Mr.Prakash this morning , and forgive me for repeating myself, but he was sounding very very relieved and very very happy :) God bless them all, always.
Rishi had dinner at home last night after very long. He slept well and peacefully :)
This morning he woke up early , showered and was watching Tv and having breakfast when i spoke with Mr.Prakash.:)
I will try and go see him this weekend and get more pics for you all :).Clearer ones :) as now he is not in the sterile room or hospital so i can merrily click away :)
Lets all continue the prayers that he continues to be well and improves on a daily basis.
His post discharge treatment will go on for nearly a year more which will also cost approximately a lakh and a half.
Just a note for those of you who need the receipts - we have them now. Will be posting them soon.
For the ones who are in Pune, pls let me or Mr.Ramdas know .Thank you once again for everything, you all :)
Lots of Love and Light,
In Prayer, love and gratitude, always,
Tina.
Rishi was discharged yesterday. Everything went off smoothly by the good Lords grace.
He is clear by 99.2% :)
He reached home at 8:00 pm last night.
I spoke to Mr.Prakash this morning , and forgive me for repeating myself, but he was sounding very very relieved and very very happy :) God bless them all, always.
Rishi had dinner at home last night after very long. He slept well and peacefully :)
This morning he woke up early , showered and was watching Tv and having breakfast when i spoke with Mr.Prakash.:)
I will try and go see him this weekend and get more pics for you all :).Clearer ones :) as now he is not in the sterile room or hospital so i can merrily click away :)
Lets all continue the prayers that he continues to be well and improves on a daily basis.
His post discharge treatment will go on for nearly a year more which will also cost approximately a lakh and a half.
Just a note for those of you who need the receipts - we have them now. Will be posting them soon.
For the ones who are in Pune, pls let me or Mr.Ramdas know .Thank you once again for everything, you all :)
Lots of Love and Light,
In Prayer, love and gratitude, always,
Tina.
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