medical

i did my first medical story last week, it was on a 6 month old baby boy with hydrocephalus. in layman's terms - the fluid in his head isn't drained properly. and since he's a baby his skull grows to accommodate the fluid.

a simple operation that will place a plastic tube in his brain will allow the fluids to be drained. he already had one when he was a month old but the operation failed. so now he needs another one and that's why his grandmother approached Bantay Bata.

you know how much they need? P30,000.00 thirty thousand pesos thirty thousand pesos and they can't afford it. which i think is weird or ironic. coz if i were in the same position i could ask friends or relatives to help me out. but they can't do that. at the same time it's also sad. kids shouldn't have to go through that.

i hope that someone saw the segment and decided to donate money to help him out. and i'm glad this is what my work is about now. i get the chance to help others :-)