Saly, Only 8 years old, needs to Operate to Battle Cancer

Hi, my name is Nadia, and I'm Saly's aunt

In September 2018,   my niece Saly, a beautiful, intelligent and active girl, my sister's   only child, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive type of leukemia ,   Saly was only five when she started her first round of chemotherapy,  and  due to the rare nature of this type of blood cancer, there was no   specific protocol for treatment. Add to that, the medical services in   Syria were and still are so limited.
Left with no options, my sister   surrendered to all the available trials and doctors' suggestions at  the  time. In other words, beautiful little Saly was treated like a lab  rat.  Putting Saly on various strong medications and different  chemotherapy  doses, Saly had many side effects such as temporary kidney  failure,  severe bleeding, and hepatitis type c . All these serious  side effects  didn’t stop Saly or her mom from dreaming and praying that  this  nightmare would end and Saly would be able to go to school one  day. Saly  was fighting with all the power a little girl can ever have.  We as a  family prayed and kept encouraging each other that she would  beat this  beast.

Unfortunately, after almost four years of rounds  and rounds  of chemotherapy and many invasive medications, my sister  received the  news no mother could ever handle. The cancer cells show up  in Saly's  bone marrow biopsy again. Saly and my sister’s world turned  upside down.  Shocked and unable to think, the doctors told my sister  they had tried  everything available in Syria and had no other options.  They suggested  that she travels to Turkey as the medical facilities and  treatments are  better there.

My sister did not ask  anyone for help, but  after four years of constant suffering, now in  Turkey, she is alone with  a sick child without any financial or  emotional support. My sister is a  very faithful and courageous single  mum who was doing and bearing  everything herself, not willing to be a  burden on others. After all the  hematologist visits, lab tests,  biopsies, and chemotherapy treatments,  she is exhausted emotionally and  drained financially. The doctors in  Turkey said Saly would need a bone  marrow transplant or a very advanced  stem cell therapy. Such  treatments are quite expensive, and neither she  nor we as a family are  able to afford them.

It   is very difficult to ask for help. However, seeing the people, you  love  the most suffering agonizing pain is even more difficult and   heartbreaking. My sister's situation left us with no other option but  to  ask for your kind help. Please, when you make your decision, bare in   mind that your help will enable Saly to have another chance at life  and  save my sister's only child and only hope in humanity. Please help  Saly  with her battle. Your donation will decide which treatment path  she will  take. There is no big or small amount. Every dollar counts.

Thanks a lot for your support.
Nadia Abdul-Kareem