Cho Seong-mo Benefits Child Affected with Leukemia
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Singer Cho Seong-mo appeared on KBS TV1's "Love Request" on April 30, where he consoled a 27-month toddler named Hwang Su-young who is struggling with complications from leukemia. The little girl had undergone surgery twice and was considered cured but was hospitalized again due to hemolytic anemia.
Hemolytic anemia is a disease that occurs when the marrow fails to produce red blood cells fast enough to replenish ones destroyed during blood circulation. The only way for patients affected with the disease to survive is through blood transfusion.
Su-young's story is even more heart-wrenching because her mother was diagnosed with acute hepatitis a month ago, and her father has been nursing both his wife and daughter ever since.
Su-young has spent nearly two years in a hospital -- almost her entire lifetime. She has to receive five more antibody injections in the future and get blood transfusions every other day. Her medical bills so far amount to a whopping 150 million won, and she is no longer entitled to health insurance benefits. The family has no one else to turn to for help to because they have already received help from everybody they can.
"I believe Su-young will beat the anemia because she was able to beat even leukemia. Every time I think about this girl, I feel ashamed of myself trying to live comfortably. I am praying for Su-young's fast recovery", said Cho.
Hemolytic anemia is a disease that occurs when the marrow fails to produce red blood cells fast enough to replenish ones destroyed during blood circulation. The only way for patients affected with the disease to survive is through blood transfusion.
Su-young's story is even more heart-wrenching because her mother was diagnosed with acute hepatitis a month ago, and her father has been nursing both his wife and daughter ever since.
Su-young has spent nearly two years in a hospital -- almost her entire lifetime. She has to receive five more antibody injections in the future and get blood transfusions every other day. Her medical bills so far amount to a whopping 150 million won, and she is no longer entitled to health insurance benefits. The family has no one else to turn to for help to because they have already received help from everybody they can.
"I believe Su-young will beat the anemia because she was able to beat even leukemia. Every time I think about this girl, I feel ashamed of myself trying to live comfortably. I am praying for Su-young's fast recovery", said Cho.
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