Medical Fund for Needy Chinese Children

Dear Donors,

We hope everyone is doing well and remaining healthy during these times. Because regulations are still tightened in China due to the global pandemic, we are not able to accept applications for aid from China at this time. In addition, our Boston Trauma Fund, which provides financial support to children who have the opportunity to come to America to receive free medical treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children, located in Boston, is unfortunately also suspended due to the spread of COVID-19 and travel restrictions.

With our work currently on hold, we continue to follow up on the children we have supported in the past, and we’d like to share recent updates from Yuhan, who turned 7 years old this year.

Yuhan was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, an eye cancer, when she was 7 months old. By the time it was diagnosed, Yuhan’s left eye had already lost all vision and she had limited vision in her right eye. Yuhan’s parents visited a few hospitals in China and ended up in Shanghai. After two years of interventional treatments, her cancer is no longer present and her remaining vision has stabilized. Her schedule for necessary ongoing checkups has since been reduced from every 2-3 months to now every 6 months. 

A Life A Time sent two payments during 2015 and 2016 in support of Yuhan’s medical expenses. We have been following up with Yuhan’s progress with her mother. She has become a pretty young girl who likes school, art and dance. We are grateful that Yuhan’s parents did not give up on her when their family had financial difficulty and could not afford her treatments without borrowing money. 

Sincerely,

A Life A Time Foundation