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Help For Boy With Brain Tumor
posted (February 3, 2015)
Tonight an 11 year old boy is fighting for his life at the KHMH after he was diagnosed with a highly malignant primary brain tumor. It is called Medulloblastoma -a type of cancer that originates in the part of the brain that is at the posterior base of the skull. The cancer was first detected in September of last year when 11 year old Orlando Alvarado began complaining of headaches and pain in the shoulders. Since then he has been in and out of the hospital. His mother is asking for any assistance to help her only child get the surgery he needs.

Rosalba Jimenez - Mother of Orland Alvarado
"On the 1st September I notice that he had headaches and he had pains in his chest. We took him to the hospital and they told us that he has a tumor in his brain, in the heart of his brain. I am asking for help for him to take surgery. I don't have the finances to take him somewhere else and that's why I am asking for help to take him out of the country. The doctor told me that they can't do the surgery here and if they do it here it could complicate things. I want people to help me with anything. Saturday, he went into a coma, but now he is moving a little. He can't speak with me, but he is getting a little better for me. It's so hard what I am going through and that's why I am asking the public to help me for my son. It's hard for me, because he is my only son. I am trying my best, but if God wants him with him, I don't want him to die on me, that's why I am doing my best. It's only him and I and that's why I am asking for help."

If you would like to assist Orland Alvarado, his family can be contacted at telephone number 6-2-8-6-0-4-6 or money can be deposited in their Atlantic Bank account number 2-1-0-5-7-9-6-4-9.

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