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Dear friends, please join us in our efforts to save our son Kacie Imran Buuza’s life. Imran is 6 years. Kacie is a happy child who is kind to others, is always willing to help where possible, he’ll pick flowers he finds along the way to bring to his loved ones and will even take presents for his teachers at school. Unfortunately, his young innocent life has been dogged with so many visits to hospitals, that we have lost count. His small hands have suffered so many painful injections and pricking to find his tiny veins, causing him unimaginable pain. When the joint and body pains come, sleep becomes alien for him and anyone around him, for they stay for days on end.
My name is Hakeem Buza. I am the father of Kacie Imran Buza who was until last term, a pupil at Daffodils Academy in Kololo Kampala, Uganda in Primary One. Imran can no longer attend school. He has Sickle Cell Anemia. He was diagnosed with the disease at 8 months old and since then he has been in and out of hospital. Although his earlier years were not as bad, Imran started getting serious complications early last year. These included severe joint pains and strokes. In a space of one year Imran has suffered four strokes. The first stroke took away his ability to speak, but while he recovered from that and regained this speech, this did not last very long as subsequent strokes affected his ability to walk or use his hands properly. These have not recovered despite regular therapy.
Last term, Imran was forced to drop out of school after the third stroke which took away his ability to use his hands and caused memory loss. Unable to write or remember simple numbers or letters made it impossible for him to go to school. Then this year, during the may school holiday, Imran suffered a fourth stroke. This one was so severe that he was admitted in Intensive care unit at International Hospital Kampala. Even though he has been able to get out of ICU, Imran has been unable to regain his ability to speak or feed. He had also lost his ability to walk during the initial stages of the stroke.
In Sickle Cell treatment, this is deemed too frequent and too disastrous. Indeed we have seen the effects on Imran, he has suffered memory loss at some point, his limbs have weakened rendering mobility difficult, his nerves and reflexes have also been numbed. As I write this his unable to talk and feed orally. He has an NG tube inserted in his nose and has had this since 4th May when he suffered his forth stroke. He has also been transfused once since. His HB –blood count had reduced drastically putting him at risk of another stroke. Blood transfusion is unfortunately not a cure but a relief.
Upon discharge the doctors who handled him advised us to get an ultimate solution to his condition which is a bone marrow transplant or risk losing him. They warned that should he suffer another stroke, the functionality of his vital organs will be greatly affected which could lead to the worst. A fifth stroke will be catastrophic, more than likely send him into coma due to organ failure or worse.
Since then, we have been trying to work around getting the much needed bone marrow transplant done on him. We have written to several hospitals in India and the United States to find out the cost for the transplant and what we require for the entire operation.
We require at least 100,000 US Dollars or there about for the operation and for other expenses that will be incurred during the process. Now, this is a very expensive venture that an average family like ours cannot afford and yet we need to save our son. We need a hand. Any help provided will be greatly appreciated.
We are therefore launching a fundraising drive to try to raise the money needed for the operation. We are appealing to anyone out there who can help in any way, however small to please come to our son’s rescue. Please help us share the post with all your friends.
My name is Hakeem Buza. I am the father of Kacie Imran Buza who was until last term, a pupil at Daffodils Academy in Kololo Kampala, Uganda in Primary One. Imran can no longer attend school. He has Sickle Cell Anemia. He was diagnosed with the disease at 8 months old and since then he has been in and out of hospital. Although his earlier years were not as bad, Imran started getting serious complications early last year. These included severe joint pains and strokes. In a space of one year Imran has suffered four strokes. The first stroke took away his ability to speak, but while he recovered from that and regained this speech, this did not last very long as subsequent strokes affected his ability to walk or use his hands properly. These have not recovered despite regular therapy.
Last term, Imran was forced to drop out of school after the third stroke which took away his ability to use his hands and caused memory loss. Unable to write or remember simple numbers or letters made it impossible for him to go to school. Then this year, during the may school holiday, Imran suffered a fourth stroke. This one was so severe that he was admitted in Intensive care unit at International Hospital Kampala. Even though he has been able to get out of ICU, Imran has been unable to regain his ability to speak or feed. He had also lost his ability to walk during the initial stages of the stroke.
In Sickle Cell treatment, this is deemed too frequent and too disastrous. Indeed we have seen the effects on Imran, he has suffered memory loss at some point, his limbs have weakened rendering mobility difficult, his nerves and reflexes have also been numbed. As I write this his unable to talk and feed orally. He has an NG tube inserted in his nose and has had this since 4th May when he suffered his forth stroke. He has also been transfused once since. His HB –blood count had reduced drastically putting him at risk of another stroke. Blood transfusion is unfortunately not a cure but a relief.
Upon discharge the doctors who handled him advised us to get an ultimate solution to his condition which is a bone marrow transplant or risk losing him. They warned that should he suffer another stroke, the functionality of his vital organs will be greatly affected which could lead to the worst. A fifth stroke will be catastrophic, more than likely send him into coma due to organ failure or worse.
Since then, we have been trying to work around getting the much needed bone marrow transplant done on him. We have written to several hospitals in India and the United States to find out the cost for the transplant and what we require for the entire operation.
We require at least 100,000 US Dollars or there about for the operation and for other expenses that will be incurred during the process. Now, this is a very expensive venture that an average family like ours cannot afford and yet we need to save our son. We need a hand. Any help provided will be greatly appreciated.
We are therefore launching a fundraising drive to try to raise the money needed for the operation. We are appealing to anyone out there who can help in any way, however small to please come to our son’s rescue. Please help us share the post with all your friends.
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Hakeem Buza
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