Dilson Family Aid #FA35

Rina Acencio is a single mom in great pain for her son.
Rina (b. 23-Apr-1978) was only able to study until 6th grade.
She has a gastric ulcer and needs about $76 per month for medicine, but is
asking for medical aid for her son, not for herself.


She only has one son and is willing to give up her own kidney to save her son's
life. But it still takes more. It takes money she doesn't have. She works as a
house cleaner, and washes clothes, making about $51 per month.


Dilson Andre was born December 28th, 1997. He would have been in 7th grade if
he was able to study. He studied hard in 6th grade as an athletic, smart,
successful student, playing soccer every recess and every free moment he had. He
has not been able to play soccer for over a year now.

In 2008, his skin started changing colors, becoming paler and paler, and he
started vomitting violently, repeatedly. He was taken by a fever in April 2010
and he was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure.

He needs $1215 for dialysis in Guatemala City and treatment every month.

What has made this even more painful, is that Rina was abandoned by Dilson's
father around 2005, and has formed another family with other children. But with
no where else to stay, Rina's mother in law is offering her a place to stay out
of pity for her grandson's situation. But Rina has no security there.

They live in one room made of cement block, tin roof, cement floor.
They share a gas stove from her mother in-law.
She shares her mother in law's pila.
They do not have a water filter.
They have a bathroom.
They have electricty and water in the home.
They pay $32/mo for electricity.
They have 4 chairs, one table, one closet,
They have one bed.

Rina has learned a lot since her son's condition. She has had to be strong for
her son. When she saw the doctors in the public hospital running around,
dividing their time among various patients, she took it upon herself to learn
how to do the dialysis for her son, herself. Knowing the situation was life or
death, she has done things to help the both of them survive that she never
expected to be able to do.

Please give a small donation to help Dilson get dialysis. With your help, he
can get back to doing homework and being a kid. Your gift could literally save
Dilson's life.

Best wishes,

Ely
Donor Relations Manager

P.S. It is possible for him to have a transplant but first the mother who is willing to give up the kidney, has to find out if she is a match. Then we will have to find a way to cover this operation, the mother's time off work, ....because she is the only breadwinner in the family. Then we will have to keep our fingers crossed and hope that the kidney will not be rejected and that this young boy will have a chance at having a longer life. Ely is making calls to find out how much this may cost and what the chances are of it working.
Thank you so much for wanting to help, it is particularly hard to hear this story after having just lost little Silvia to kidney failure.
Sharon

P.P.S.
I spoke with Dilson's mom just now. The doctors told her that since he just started dialysis (in April), they can't even consider a transplant for a year. He's actually having dialysis weekly, not monthly as I stated before, but the cost per month, is about the same.
Ely