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Girl Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition, Father Pleads For Help
posted (February 25, 2014)
Tonight, a Belize City family is making hasty preparations to get their 3 year old daughter to Merida after she was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare and serious skin condition.

Last week, little Siarsha Amri Alvarez was rushed to the hospital with a very high fever - but it turns out that was the onset of the syndrome, which first appears with flu-like symptoms, and then breaks out into an aggressive rash that causes the top layer of skin to die. Today her father came to appeal for assistance and gave us some background on what's been happening with his daughter:..

Simeon Alvarez Jr. - father
"She is in severe pain. Doctor Craig said that her sickness is not mild, its not moderate, its severe. She can die as long as all of her skins peel off. Speaking right now her skin is peeling off; she is crying, she can't pee how she wants, she can't stool how she wants - everything pains her. Her eye brows are peeling off, her skin, top of the skull is peeling off - her hair, now she is in terrible condition."

"This syndrome is a syndrome that normally age for people 10-30 and my daughter is only 3 years old, so Mr. Craig told me it's a severe situation, we need urgent medical assistance. Its life threatening because she has outbreaks on her skin - blisters and once all of her skin peels off she will eventually die, so we need to take her as quick as possible to a private hospital abroad."

"I work at the Belize City Council, I am a sanitation supervisor, but I know definitely I am not making the amount of money it will cost me to accommodate my daughter over that side, so I am just asking the public if they can please donate anything; anything small, anything big - even if its a prayer to let baby Siarsha get help and feel better in the future. God bless."

Those wanting to help can make contributions to Scotia Bank account number #8734347, or you can call a family member at 665-7037, or 661-7626.

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