Maribel’s health worsened yesterday. She woke up in cold water and in the afternoon she was in the shower again.
It was the only thing her aunt Maria could do when the 13-year-old girl began to “go crazy” with her fever.
All day he only ate a piece of bread and half a banana. Maria insisted that she try the beef in tomato, the noodle, or at least a little milk.
Maribel turned 24 days without starting her “urgent” chemotherapy treatment.
The only thing that caught his attention yesterday was that Dr. Norma Ericka Alatoma entered the room to notify: “The medicine arrived, they already told me, but it is in the warehouse … to see if they will bring it tomorrow.”
The Idarubicin and Dexrazoxane, essential to save Maribel’s life, were only bought yesterday by Social Security, but they arrived at the warehouse and there are still procedures to “release” them.
24 days ago, Maribel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The specialist ordered to “address” urgently due to the severity of the little girl, but the lack of two medications that do not arrive, has not allowed her to start her treatment.
Alatoma, responsible for caring for children and adolescents with cancer registered at the Social Security Clinic 48, yesterday repeated over and over again, out loud, that he can do nothing for children if they do not send him medicine.
There were children who did not receive chemotherapy due to lack of Vincristine and L Asparaginase.
Wendy, mother of one of the children, offered a dose of Vincristine for another hospitalized patient.
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Vincristine costs an average of 600 pesos, and L Asparaginase 1,500 pesos.
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