Kids We Support
Dhananjay
Month and Year of Birth: August 2014
Dhananjay is now an active 3-year-old toddler. He was only 2 years old when he was diagnosed with Bilateral RB with advanced tumor in right eye. Hopes of saving his right eye were very little. He received 15 chemos. He is now receiving topotecan injections and laser with high chances of retaining vision in both eyes. His recovery is commendable.
His parents are financially unstable with less income and with two more siblings to care.
Iksha has been supporting his treatment and wishes for his bright future.
Samrudhi
Year and Month of Birth: October 2015
Samrudhi was approximately 18-months old baby when she was diagnosed with RB. The tumor grading was placed group E and the child underwent the first cycle of chemo. She was scheduled for 2nd dose of chemo after 2-weeks. The parents have thus far failed to present the child. Sadly, Iksha's attempt to reach the parents has failed.
Namratha
Month and Year of Birth: May 2014
Namratha was diagnosed with unilateral retinoblastoma in Jan 2017 at the age of 2-years 7-months. Her right eye had to be enucleated in March 2017 due to advanced tumor.She received 3 cycles of chemotherapy and recovered well. she is now on 6-Months follow-up schedule.
Iksha has been supporting her treatment and wishes for a bright future.
Divyasree
Month and Year of Birth: November 2012
She was 3 years when she was diagnosed with RB. She received few chemos at Sri Sankara Cancer Hospital before she started treatment at NN.Her Left eye was enucleated in march 2017 at NN.She received 23 fractions of radiation in november and received 2 more chemos (post radiation) so far. Further treatment will be planned depending on her progress.
She is mostly accompanied by her father who is suffering from epilepsy and lost his tractor driver job due to his current condition.
Iksha has been providing aid for her treatment as they got no source of income.
Md Shakeeb
Month and year of birth: August 2011
Md Shakeeb, is an active and bright school going kid. A white reflex was noticed by parents in his left eye when he was 1 year 6 months old. Due to bad advice, parents did not understood the seriousness of the problem till it became life threatening. He was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma at the age of 3 and his left eye was enucleated after receiving 4 chemos. He received 4 more chemos and 31 fractions of radiation. He responded well to the treatment and recovered. Parents managed to pay for the treatment irrespective of all odds they had to go through. He is due to receive COP.
They approached Iksha for support as they could not afford treatment any more.Iksha is not only supporting his treatment but also supporting his education.
Asil Kumar
Month and Year of Birth: Feb 2014
Asil Kumar was a 2 year old baby and was diagnosed with advanced bilateral retinoblastoma. When reported to the hospital, the child was advised immediate medical care, advised chemo and enucleation at the earliest.The family resides at Chikmagalur, and are coffee estate laborers. The parents were ill-informed and very non-responsive initially. The baby was examined under anesthesia and initiated chemotherapy. It was ascertained that the baby would require to undergo 12 cycles of chemo, on 31 Aug 16 as tumour was too active and was on verge of rupturing. His condition deteriorated irrespective of care and treatment provided and we lost him in May 2017.
Basamma
Month and Year of Birth: March 2014
Basamma was 5 months old and was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma. She was recommended for chemotherapy and the first cycle was administered. However, for some unforeseen/compelling reason not known to Iksha Foundation, the parents failed to follow –up the treatment. By constant efforts by Iksha, the parents reverted back in Sep’16. This time the case had deteriorated. The tumor had proliferated into both eyes. The infant was then subjected to an increased dosage of chemotherapy commensurate with the age. After administering three cycles of chemo both her eyes were enucleated on 7th Dec 2016. She received 6 cycles of chemo and closely monitored.
Vikram naik
Month and Year of Birth: March 2015
Vikram naik was three when he was presented to Iksha in March 2017. He underwent MRI at Narayana Netralaya and was diagnosed with unilateral RB. His right eye had to be enucleated after 3 three cycles of chemo as he did not respond well to the treatment. His pathology report is clear and recovering well now.
Father is a daily wage labour and mother is a housewife. Iksha has been providing aid for his treatment and wishes for speedy recovery.
Fathima Zihana
Month and Year of Birth: May 2016
Fathima Zihana (1 year),Came to us when she was 3 months old. MRI was done and diagnosed bilateral RB. She was advised for chemotherapy and focal laser. She received 6 cycles of chemo before her left eye was removed due to advanced tumour. She is followed up closely now and recovering well.
Family is from Mangalore and belongs to below poverty line. Iksha has been supporting her treatment.
Ram
Month and Year of Birth: Sep 2014
Ram's parents noticed a white spot in left eye when he was 17 months old. MRI was done at Narayana Netralaya and his left eye was enucleated immediately due to the advanced tumor. The pathology report showed optic nerve involvement. He received 7 cycles of chemo and 26 fractions of radiation. Irrespective of treatment and care given, due to cancer spread to the brain we lost him in the month of March 2018.
Jagan Mohan Reddy
Month and Year of Birth: March 2015
Jagan Mohan Reddy, was an active and healthy kid from birth to 2 years.
A white spot was noticed in his right eye by a doctor during their visit to the hospital due to fever.
In Feb 2017, they visited Prabha eye clinic for further investigation as recommended by the doctor. He undergone MRI and diagnosed with unilateral RB.
So far, he received 2 laser and 6 cycles of chemotherapy. He responded well to the treatment and recovering.
Iksha has been providing aid for Jagan's treatment as the father is a physically challenged person and in need of financial support.
Abhiram
Month and Year of Birth: April 2016
Abhiram( 18 months old) was just 6 months old when his parents noticed a white spot in his right eye. A pediatrician from Bellary suspected it as RB and suggested them to go to Bangalore for better treatment. They visited Prabha eye clinic in October 2016. He underwent MRI and was diagnosed with bilateral Retinoblastoma.
His father is a farm laborer, approached IKSHA as they were in need of financial support for treatment.
So far, he received 7 cycles of chemotherapy and responded well to the treatment.
He now got busy in exploring things around him as his left eye vision improved but still undergoing treatment for the right eye.
Iksha has been providing aid for his treatment and wishes for his speedy recovery.
(Updated on 28/08/17)
Keerthana
Month and Year of Birth: June 2012
Keerthana, a 5 year old talkative sweet little girl from Bangalore was diagnosed with unilateral RB when she was 4 year old. She received 6 cycles of chemotherapy and right eye was enucleated in August 2016 because of advanced tumor. She responded well to the treatment and now on 6 months follow up schedule.
Parents were daily wage labourers. While father continued his work to support family, mother left her work to take care of keerthana. Their struggle for past one year paid off as she is all set to go to school.
Iksha, while providing complete aid for her treatment, also actively working to support and fund her education to enable bright future for her.
Keerthana,this is for you. " Take pride in whatever it is that makes you different, individuality is what divides you from rest"
All the best.
Yshaswini
Month and Year of Birth: Oct 2016
Yashaswini(10-months), was just one month old when a white reflex was noticed in the eye by her parents. She was referred to Narayana Netralaya by an ophthalmologist in Mysore. The Child underwent EUA, MRI and was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma with group E in both eyes.
Father Mr. Ganesh, a laborer in a cinema at Nanjangud and Mother Mrs. Lakshmi, housewife approached, Iksha for aid as they could not afford the treatment.
She received 6 cycles of chemo, laser therapy and 3 shots of cryo. She showed remarkable improvement and recovering well.
She is now on 3-week follow-up and always on time for checkups.
IKSHA has been providing aid for her treatment and wishes a speedy recovery.
(Date updated,14/11/2017)
Yaksh Kumar
Month and Year of Birth: April 2015
In August 2016, Yaksh Kumar a 16 months old boy from Bihar was presented to Narayana Netralaya. He was diagnosed with advanced bilateral retinoblastoma on MRI.
They were referred to Iksha by the doctors as they were not in a position to afford the treatment. since then, Iksha has been providing aid for his treatment.
So far, he received 9 cycles of chemotherapy. His right eye responded well to the treatment but left eye was enucleated in June 2017. Currently, he is on 3 weeks follow-up schedule and recovering well.
