 this is my and my son's journey. My son was born after 15 years of our marriage. He was 3.5 kgs when he was born and extremely healthy child. Considering after 15 years he was born, we were all very excited about it. So he was a very healthy child. He is not even complained of anything other than whenever he had vaccinations, I think only once he had fever. So until three years, it all went very well. And finally we sent him to school for his nursery. So that's when he started losing weight. It was a common behavior in all the kids because as soon as they start going to school, they are very active and suddenly after COVID, they are exposed to the world outside. In September 2022, my son started falling sick. But it was just a mild cold and fever. And a little bit of a cough. So when that all went on for a while, but he recouped. Eventually his gums started swelling. And he had swelling on his right side, right next to his nose. So we kept going to the doctors and I did see five different doctors and even the place where he was born. And all of them suggested the same thing that he has sinus infection. So it should subside. He started looking very different. He had lost a lot of weight. He had come down to 15, from 19 kgs to 15 kgs. Then we went and saw ENT. And ENT suggested that we do an MRI scan. And that's where they confirmed to us that he has tumor. Before hopes, there was a lot of pain. We didn't know what to do. We didn't know because when the ENT gave us this news, in fact, we lost all our hopes. But there was nothing we could do. We really wanted to make sure we give the best and we make sure we save our child. So it was about what next. So while our ENT suggested that we go to a different hospital, my cousin was working in Manipal. We recommended Dr. Nilesh Reddy. And that's when we came here. When we saw the child for the first time, the child was quite sick. He came a bit late. And when we evaluated that child was found to have an advanced disease, it was a lymphoblastic lymphoma. They have been around for a few weeks and then they reached us. When they came, the child was quite sick. Initially, we had to stabilize, establish the diagnosis. And over the next two to three days, we started the treatment for the child. We met Dr. Nilesh Reddy and he said, let's first do a biopsy. And that's when we will see where, you know, what the MRI report has come out is that the right thing or how we have to go out. He was very open with us and very honest. And after biopsy on November 2nd is when we got to know that my son was, my son had lymphoma in the fourth stage. Post-starting of treatment, the child started to gradually improve. For the next two to three weeks, there was a significant improvement. The food intake of the child, the infections all started to settle down. The tumor started to decrease in size and then we discharged the child and now the child is in the third phase of the treatment, comes on an OPD basis, gets the treatment and goes back home. The child is quite happy. Within two to three days, all the swelling on his right side of the face was already gone. It was definitely a miracle for us because we had seen him that way with a swollen face for almost three weeks. That's when we started getting hopes. It's about the hope about how you can see your kid right in front of you improving. And it was very difficult because he's three years, he's three years old child, right? So it was very difficult for us for him to adjust to this environment and everything, but that's the best thing. The doctors here, the nurses here gave him so much love and care. We were in the hospital for almost a month, more than a month in fact. So the take home message what we want to do is that this child has gone a lot in those initial days, about six weeks or so. This could have been significantly reduced. What we hope is that early referral to an oncologist center, which has got a medical oncologist, a pediatric oncologist or a hematologist, could have saved a lot of trouble for the parents. What I would request all parents is be very extremely careful with your kids to not ignore any symptoms and make sure you go to the right doctor. So it's always important you go to a hospital than going to small clinics when you see situations which is alarming, right? Do remember that among all the cancers, childhood cancers are the one which have got a very high potential of care. When we use the word cure, it means not just getting all right, it's living a normal life. What the childhood have otherwise survived, say 70 years or 80 years or maybe more than that. That is what is meaning of cure in pediatric cancer. So let us all together close the gaps between the care and see that every child who has got a cancer gets cured. I'm extremely thankful that my cousins recommended this hospital to me, which is Manipalashwimpur. I'm extremely thankful to the staff. I'm extremely thankful, particularly to Mr. Dr. Nilesh Reddy and Dr. Rupa Mam. All of them, in fact, all of them treat my kids so well. I'm very thankful for the hospital, Manipalashwimpur.