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From Bello, a municipality located north of the city of Medellín, Maihcol came to our Children's Hospital, a young man, he's 15 years old and he's a little shy and introverted, but very intelligent.

Maihcol has a type 1 diabetes, a disease that indicates that the level of glucose is very high in the blood. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce insulin, a hormone that helps glucose enter the cells to provide energy.

His symptoms appeared 4 years ago, when he began losing of appetite and having constant dizziness, so his mother decided to bring him to our Hospital where his disease was diagnosed and treatment began. From that moment on, Maihcol has carried out his entire process with our professionals and specialists who take care of his well-being.

He is a fairly quiet young man, and in the midst of his shyness he says he is very grateful to all the staff at the Hospital, as he says he has received very good treatment from them and that they have saved his life many times.

Maihcol has been hospitalized for a week and a half and hopes to recover very soon, to return to his school classes now virtual because of the COVID emergency. He is currently in the seventh grade and likes to read and learn new things.

From the municipality of Jardín, in the northwest of Colombia, a child with a marked smile on his face and with great strength and desire to get ahead came to our Infant Hospital Andrés.

Andres has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, the most common type of cancer during childhood, which occurs when a bone marrow cell has errors in its DNA. From his diagnosis, he entered our Hospital to receive his treatment of 6 chemotherapy sessions, so he is hospitalized until his process is finished.

Viviana, the mother of this 5-year-old boy, feels very grateful and affirms that: “In this Hospital, we have been treated very well, I am very happy because at all times they are watching my son when he is decayed they always try to make him feel good giving him support and strength to continue this process. ”

Andres is one of the children who is benefiting from the attention of our specialists, treatments and medical equipment. With your contribution, you can continue to help Andrés and the other children of our Children's Hospital.