Zaarib Iqbal, a BABY STAR, son of ex-Faujian Tawhid Iqbal [Batch 36], was a model of international commercial for ToysRUrs at age 2. Now at age 4, his life fall apart and become uncertain as he is diagnosed stage 4 Nueuroblastoma a very rare and aggressive form of cancer!
Instead of going to school he is counting his days and fighting with cancer every second with tremendous pain! To see him thrive again, his father is looking for ways to cure and needs YOUR help.
No matter how hard the father Iqbal [36th Batch, FCC] is trying, he is helpless without YOUR support. Please contribute generously for trying to save the life of a child.
How much money needed: Total treatment plan and cost at Gleneagles Hospital, Malaysia is $600,000 for next 3 months. Iqbal and his batch mates were able to manage $350,000, still $250,000 is remaining to be raised.
Treatment Plan and Cost break-down: - Phase 1. 40 billion unrelated Alogenic Natural Killer (NK) Cell Infusion + Photo dynamic therapy + Hyperthermia in 2 months: costing 100,000 USD
- Phase 2 Surgically remove the shriked tumors together with some adjacent therapy USD 80,000 (very delicate surgery)
- Phase 3. Some more NK cell to get rid of residue (based on tumor response) or other adjuvent therapy USD 100,000
- Total medical expense USD 280,000 plus travel/accommodation expenses USD 20,000, total USD 300,000 (This is the bare minimum he needs to treat for next 5 months). That would increase 60% to 80% survival without relapse. And to complete the total treatment, he will have to run around Malaysia (for NK cell), Thailand (for adjuvent therapy), Singapore or India (for Surgery). And we hope to get possibly cured by next 6 months.
Current Condition:
In a month time his condition was deteriorating fast. Time is crucial, every single day counts. They did initial consult in Thailand and confirmed diagnosis. Right after that they already flew to Malaysia and started the treatment in Gleneagles Hospital, Kualalumpur. But the Nk cell is provided by Ming Lab Sdn Bhd, a stem cell research lab. 11 billions cells injected. We are noticing positive results, without any adverse side affect. Some symptoms improved. We are very hopeful as it is working.
Thank you for all your support, compassion and kindness.
