Agony Aquila, Toddler Patients biliary atresia

Liputan6.com, Medan: Still fresh in our memory, Bilqis, babies with biliary atresia are inviting a lot of people sympathetic to collect coins for the sake of healing Bilqis. Same disease experienced a 22 month old toddler origin Coal District, North Sumatra. Toddler Qotrunada named Aquila was forced home from Ciptomangunkusomo Hospital, Jakarta, due to lack of funds.

Biliary atresia is a condition when the bile ducts are not formed or does not develop normally. And these conditions can cause liver damage and cirrhosis of the liver. If not treated it can be fatal.

Glance no different from agile motion Aquila. Even toddlers do not know for sure this poor kesehatannnya deteriorating conditions in six months, to be exact since the doctors pronounced that he became one of the rare infants with chronic biliary atresia.

Behind the laughter and movement lincahnya, Aquila must defend against illness. High fever to convulsions often perceived Khairul couple's daughter Ashari and Suraya this. Various medical efforts have been made for the child's mother Suraya only child, ranging from treatment to Malaysia, up to the last RSCM. However, lack of funds being the biggest obstacle for this family to continue medical treatment.

Suraya a Civil Servant at the Regency Group II C Coal. But Askes claim as a civil servant can only menalang USD 100 million fund for the baby's illness. This amount is not comparable to the needs of heart transplant surgery that must be followed for Aquila to cost up to USD 700 million.

Aquila increasingly enlarged belly, yellow skin, and swelling in the legs Aquila is an increasingly alarming. Especially in the last inspection, cirrhosis of the liver or liver cells malfunction aggravate the condition. Four months had he had to be hospitalized and the way in RSCM and during that time also the mother was forced to leave his job as a civil servant in order to accompany Coal difficult days for the baby.

Desperate attempt by the two parents Aquila is now a dead end in the middle of the road, after the return of RSCM on Monday evening, the family was forced to ride in the post one student organizations in Medan, hoping the government and the generous helping hand in order to continue her day-to-day as a normal toddler.

Suraya said the disease was known to her only discovered after his yellowing. "After the yellow admitted to private hospital-Binjai. Then because it did not get better so we take it to the Adam Malik, after the USG atrisia biliary result is still possible," said Seraya, Medan, Tuesday (02/12/2013).