SAVE A CHILD WITH CANCER

Alejandro is a 21-month-old boy who lives in Barranquilla, a city located in the Atlantic region of Colombia. His mother describes him as a very intelligent, cheerful and very loving child.

This child was diagnosed at 11 months of age with bilateral retinoblastoma, an eye cancer that begins in the retina, the photosensitive lining inside the eye, and affects mainly young children. It all started when his mother noticed a slight deviation in his left eye and decided to consult an ophthalmologist, who recommended that he visit our Children's Hospital San Vicente Fundación, and the Retinoblastoma program to treat this little one's disease.

This is how Alejandro and Andrea, his mother, traveled to our Hospital to start treatment. The ophthalmologists and medical team at the hospital have been aware of the entire recovery process. Alejandro has received intraarterial chemotherapy, intravitreal chemotherapy and in his left eye he was enucleated, since this eye is the most affected.

Andrea is very happy for the recovery of her little son and affirms that: “The whole process has been excellent and I can only thank God and this wonderful Hospital that gave us life and hope to return with all the latest technology treatments that we have for this type of the illness. "

Alejandro is a child who benefited from the care of our Hospital and our specialists. To continue helping children like Alejandro, you can contribute to our program and allow more children like him to benefit.

Little Samuel arrived at our Children's Hospital 4 months after being diagnosed in a clinic in Bogota city with bilateral Retinoblastoma, a type of eye cancer that begins in the retina, the photosensitive lining in the interior of the eye and that most often affects young children.

His main symptom and the reason why his mother decided to consult him, was the appearance of a white reflection and a small deviation in both eyes, which was confirmed in an ophthalmology consultation. Samuel and his mother went through different clinics where they performed systemic chemotherapies and finally referred him to our Children's Hospital in Medellin, to the Retinoblastoma program.

When he arrived at the Hospital, our specialists found his disease a little advanced, so they decided to hospitalize him and do all the necessary procedures to treat him properly. Here he underwent the first intra-arterial chemotherapy, by which he was given medication directly into the circulation of his eyes.

His mother feels very grateful to the Hospital and the Retinoblastoma program, she says that the treatment she has received has been excellent and very efficient and she thanks our professionals because they as an instrument of God have done many things for her little one.

Samuel and his mother currently live in Bogota and travel to Medellín to carry out the treatments of the little one, but because of COVID 19, he is finishing his treatment in Bogota and still has the accompaniment of our medical specialists.