Toddler With Swollen Head Desperately Needs Surgery
"I do not know why God is punishing us."
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Ron Dicker
General Assignment Reporter, The Huffington Post
Posted: 09/28/2015 04:10 PM EDT | Edited: 09/28/2015 07:18 PM EDT
A 14-month-old girl whose head has swollen far beyond its normal size could be getting the help she desperately needs.
A GoFundMe page created by Caters News agency had raised more than $16,000 by Monday for Dhabuhi Parmar.
She suffers from hydrocephalus, which causes fluid to pool in the skull, according to the site.
Heartbreaking images of a bedridden Dhabuhi have rapidly circulated.
The weight of her head renders her unable to sit up, and she needs surgery to insert a shunt that helps drain the cerebrospinal fluid to other parts of the body,
the GoFundMe page notes. She lives in a remote village in Gujarat, India, and her family is too poor to afford medical care.
"I do not know why God is punishing us," her mother, Shakuntala Parmar, said, per the Mirror.
But there is hope. "This condition is common among children and a patient, if operated at the right time, can be saved,
" Dr. Vineet Bhushan, a pediatric neurologist in New Delhi, said on the GoFundMe page. The doctor estimated the surgery could cost as much as $15,000.
In 2013, another girl from India with hydrocephalus tugged at hearts worldwide when photos of her went viral.
Roona Begum was set to undergo her eighth surgery back in August, the Hindustan Times reported.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/toddler-swollen-head-surgery_56097769e4b0dd850308692f
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一人で旅行した時に行った小さな旅館のある村｡
心のこもったもてなしが印象的だったが、なぜか急に行きたくなった。
連休に一人で車を走らせた｡
記憶力には自信があるほうなので、道は覚えている｡
村に近付くと、場所を示す看板があるはずなのだが、
その看板を見つけたときあれっと思った。
「この先○○km」となっていた（と思う）のが、「巨頭オ」になっていた｡
変な予感と行ってみたい気持ちが交錯したが、行ってみる事にした｡
車で入ってみると村は廃村になっており、建物にも草が巻きついていた｡
車を降りようとすると、20mくらい先の草むらから、
頭がやたら大きい人間？が出てきた｡
え？え？とか思っていると、周りにもいっぱいいる！
しかもキモい動きで追いかけてきた･･･。
両手をピッタリと足につけ、デカイ頭を左右に振りながら。
車から降りないでよかった｡
恐ろしい勢いで車をバックさせ、
とんでもない勢いで国道まで飛ばした｡
帰って地図を見ても、数年前に言った村と、
その日行った場所は間違っていなかった。
だが、もう一度行こうとは思わない｡