By Alma Duran | Project Leader
It was on April 2, 2009, when AMANC SLP received Itzel, a three-year-old girl whose diagnosis was: Wilms' tumor, which is a malignant neoplasm of the kidney. He arrived with his mother: Victoria, after spending a few days at the Central Hospital.
They lived in Ciudad del Maiz, some 207 kilometers away from this capital city. Immediately Vicky (an affectionate way of calling mom) and Itzel felt part of the AMANC SLP family, characterized by their great smile and their happiness despite that difficult experience that they began to live by knowing about the cancer that was attacking the girl.
Itzel's treatment was successful, after two years she was discharged and a stage called "vigilance" began, in which the patient is monitored by occasional medical studies to ensure that the cancer has not returned. Everything was going very well, when in February 2012, Itzel's mother was diagnosed with a type of cancer called Melanoma. At that time, the woman was 3 months pregnant and when the doctors suggested interrupting her pregnancy to start chemotherapy, she refused because her baby's life was more important than hers.
Vicky continued to accompany her daughter to medical consultations. At times, she felt very bad and since the AMANC SLP trip to the hospital takes about 10 minutes walking, she stopped several times to rest. The girl, who at that time was 6 years old, told us that her mom told her that, if she fell asleep without waking up, she would run to AMANC SLP to warn us to go where she was, but fortunately that never happened.
They had to wait until he was 7 months pregnant to perform a caesarean section and once the baby was born he started his oncological treatment, but it was too late ... Vicky passed away in July 2013, leaving her baby, Itzel and two other older girls.
Currently, the two oldest sisters are married and the children live with one of them. Itzel is in high school and lives with her little brother whom they called "Angel of Jesus", the boy whose mother did not want to have an abortion to save her life. Her dad lives in Monterrey, N.L. He does not visit them, but he sends them money when he can.
We need about 300,000 USD annually to provide all the support we provide to 465 children and adolescents with cancer today, to whom we also give love, understanding and empathy.
Everyone at AMANC SLP remembers Vicky with a lot of love and we are sure that Itzel is a happy young girl despite the circumstances that she had to live.
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