When a child becomes terminally ill, the world of parents collapses. The situation gets worse again when specialized hospitals are far from the place of residence. The Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfe Häuser offers support here.
Jakob is a clear and intelligent boy. When you first meet him, you would hardly believe what he had to go through in his young life. Jakob is three years old and the disease was diagnosed a year and a half ago. Langerhans-Zell-Histiocytosis is characterized by the excessive reproduction of these cells that accumulate and form nodules in different organs and tissues-one cancer. At Jakob this happened in the lungs.
Function message the day after the birth of brothers
“It took weeks until we got the diagnosis and also their effects,” says Father Andreas (36). Because LCH is not life threatening in most cases. It was different with Jakob. His mother Katharina had to experience that the day after the birth of his younger brother. There were difficult times for the young family, which also includes Jakob’s seven -year -old sister.
“After months of hospitalization, Jakob received a lung transplant in September. It went well,” said Mama Katharina (37). The waiting time after 3.5 weeks was also less than assumed. Unfortunately, the history of the disease was not complete. A few months after the transplant and time at home came the next shocking diagnosis: after transplantation lymphoma – a rare but serious complication afterwards. “Jakob is currently being treated with an antibody medicine, if that does not get into force, he has to do a chemo again,” says Andreas.
Bring a small daily life in need
The family that comes from Lower Austria has been living in the Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfhaus since February. This is funded by donations and allows families of seriously ill children to take a fairly normal daily life with their own apartments and the proximity of the hospital for which they are cared for.
“Jakob is a bit weak after operations, but immediately afterwards he starts fighting again,” says Katharina. Together they would give themselves strength – with the help of the family, the employees of the Kinderhulphuis and the team of doctors. Until Jakob can come home healthy again.
Source: Krone
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