An ailing boy, Elijah Gargar, who has been battling with “Burkitt lymphoma,” a cancerous tumor has finally been cured of the sickness.
For the past three years, the issue of his health was taken out of proportion by several persons, many of whom feared for his life.
According to report, Elijah, then 18, was captured on a local television program seeking for help from citizens and philanthropists for his to seek advanced medical attention.
According to Elijah, after several appeals for help, a group of philanthropists based in the United States of America, through the intervention of Mr. Bartum Kula, a USA based-Liberian, the group came to his rescue which landed him the U.S. for the much-needed surgery.
“Kula used the influence of Charlesetta Nougbode-Williams CEO/Founder of Healthpage Liberia through the HTC, FL-GA, a Supreme Donor of the organization,” Dr. David Hoffman observed.
Months after Elijah’s departure, the head surgeon of the team of doctors who conducted the procedure on Elijah, Dr. David Hoffman told the LINA Director General, Kwame O. Weeks via text that the tumor that Elijah suffered was six pounds in mass.
Hoffman said the tumor “greatly affected” Elijah’s jaw and as such his team conducted an additional operation in which his entire mandible was removed to allow the reconstruction of his jaw.
He, however, he hinted that Elijah was recovering well and that based on prognosis Elijah was about to be discharged.
Prior to departing for the U.S., Elijah was given care at the ELWA Hospital, outside Monrovia, through an arrangement by Dr. Matthew Jacob, and was later transferred to the Ducor Clinic where he was given additional care by Dr. Lawrence Sherman.
At the Ducor Clinic, the medical Report that was needed for his transfer was compiled and forwarded to Amy Beyer and Arlene Rhodenbeck, Executive Director, Healing the Children, FL-GA Organization based in the U.S.
After living in the U.S. hospital for two years, Elijah completed all his surgeries, accompanied by his mother, and was discharged by the hospital and arrived in Liberia on August 5, 2022.
Burkitt Lymphoma is a rare but highly aggressive and fast-growing B-cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), and may affect the jaw, central nervous system, bowel, kidneys, ovaries or other organs.
The disease is also capable of spreading to the Central Nervous System (CNS). Additionally, it was clearer from the conversation that there was an urgent need for a last minute opportunity to help save Elijah from the health calamity that had beset him.
