A toddler from India with protruding eyes finally has treatment thanks to thousands moved by his plight

News24xx.com - A toddler from India have a terrible desease. The toddler named Zailian Kaipeng had painful protruding eyes who was slowly going blind. His parent, Nerbanglal, the father of Kaipeng and Chengmaite, his mother said Zailian was born a healthy baby, but then his right eye started swelling a couple of months after birth.

His labourer father Nerbanglal Kaipeng, 28, from, Tripura, north eastern India, earned just Rs 150 (£1.70) a day and had found himself out of work because he decided to take care his son.

Previously, Zailian's family consulted local doctors but none could diagnose his condition. They gave him some medicines and sent them home but his painful symptoms got worse. It made his eyes forward so much that the eyelids could not close, forcing his eyes open for more than a year.

 In desperation, Nerbanglal sold land for Rs 30,000 (£340) and the family cow for Rs 10,000 (£110) to pay for further medical fees, travel expenses and medicines.

But Zailian's condition just continued to worsen.

Zailian Kaipeng had his swollen eyes since he was two months old but his parents were too poor to fund treatment. But finally, he has treatment thanks to generous readers from around the world who were moved by his plight. The generous readers from around the world raised £10,000 for his treatment.

Finally after getting medical attention, the boy was diagnosed with blood cancer and is having chemotherapy. Zailian, whose swollen eyes have already drastically reduced due to treatment, is suffering from Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). He is currently at Artemis Health hospital, outside New Delhi, northern India, having chemotherapy.

His grandmother Thaponti Kaipeng, 65, admitted they were just waiting for him to die because there was nothing they could do for him.  But they're thankful to the general public for helping to turn his life around.  

'They have told me not to be discouraged and have faith in God. I have faith in both God and the doctors.'
 

Dr Randeep Singh, head of oncology, at Artemis, said: "After examination of his bone marrow it was confirmed he is suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia and we started the chemotherapy. Then, we gave him oral steroids for seven days then chemotherapy injections started. We will do a fresh bone marrow test after some time to see how his body is responding and confirm if the cancer is under control."

Dr Sameer Kaushal, head of ophthalmology, at Artemis, explained that they are not sure if they can save Zailian's vision.

"The condition of his eyes was bad but that is not the primary problem at the moment. We suspect he will need chemotherapy sessions for many months to come and then we'll review his situation. This is not an overnight thing. He has a long road ahead.We will have to wait and see"

"The primary problem is the leukemia which is the root cause of the eye problem. We're not sure if he still has vision at present. We will have to wait for the chemotherapy to work and see how the body responds. If the oribital tumour goes down with chemotherapy, then chances of retrieving his vision are high."




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