Yuli Estefani is 11 months old. She has been in hospital for one week. Yuli is in our program to receive formula .
But the doctors have found that Yuli has severe anemia. She needs to have blood transfusions.
The parents have been trying to find donors but as is the custom here in Guatemala, patients have to pay the donors to give blood.
The parents will have to pay $120 US for each liter of blood. The hospital is telling them they need another one and a half liters.
The father has already given a liter of blood. He works in the river taking sand out of the river. He earns $20 US per week when he has sales selling the sand that he excavates.
There has been very little sales for the people who are working in the river. Many of them do not have enough food. The father has not been eating enough and since giving blood he feels very weak.
The mother has gastritis and is not well.
Yuli has one brother and two sisters.
They are:
Lesly is 5yrs old. She is in kindergarten this year.
Juan is 4yrs old. He is not in school yet.
Yoselin is 3yrs old.
They are renting the house they live in. It is $65 US per month.
The mother works helping the father to take sand out of the river.
The house that they are living in is made of mud brick.
The roof is tin,
The floor is cement.
They do not have a table or chairs.
They have one bed that they all sleep sideways on.
If anyone can help this family with medical care for Yuli, please send a donation and mark it for Yuli Estefani Can Martinez.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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