SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The Cuban girl Amanda Lemus, whose parents overcame government obstacles and the Cuban crisis to save their daughter’s life, is now happy and making good progress after undergoing a liver transplant in March, when her life was in danger.
The activist Yamilka Lafitaknown on social media as Lara Crofs, has once again updated the girl’s case to provide more good news about her health: Amanda has continued to recover little by little, she is eating a lot and is very active. Her mother, Milagros Ortiz, takes her to the hospital weekly, where the doctors are happy with the girl’s progress.
“Amanda is a happy child, and her parents are equally so. The selflessness and sacrifice of both of them and of all those who supported me in this campaign, continues to bear fruit,” the activist wrote on her social media wall. Facebook.
The small She now sits alone and although she still uses an orthopedic chair, she has made great progress since arriving at the Madrid hospital where she had the operation.
Amanda is also beginning to babble some words, is being treated by a speech therapist and undergoing physiotherapy. “She is already taking some steps.”
“#AmandaVive stopped being a dream, a hashtag some time ago, to become a reality that makes us euphoric with so much happiness. Thank you, thank you to all of you who supported me in this noble endeavor of saving lives. Without you, none of this would be happening today,” Lafita included in her emotional text.
The health of Amanda Lemus Ortiz has changed considerably since she underwent a liver transplant in Spain in March of this year, following lengthy efforts by her mother to ensure that the little girl received medical attention.
Amanda arrived from Cuba with obvious physical deterioration and her health was at risk. In six months, since her surgery at the La Paz hospital in Madrid, she already looks completely different.
Diagnosed with biliary atresia, Amanda had been waiting for a liver transplant in Cuba for more than a year. Her life has been marked by long hospital stays and complications due to resistant bacteria she contracted while on the island.
The surgery in March was a success, but complications from bleeding and the formation of a hematoma in the abdominal region forced the girl to undergo further surgeries after the transplant.
In April, he underwent his fourth operation in Spain, where he went thanks to a humanitarian visa obtained after an intense media and fundraising campaign due to his delicate health situation.
During the fundraising campaign for the operation, Amanda’s mother shared a heartbreaking account of her daughter’s struggle, as she underwent surgery at two months old in hopes of prolonging her life, but was still waiting for a life-saving transplant a year later.
Until her departure from Cuba, Amanda’s mother denounced the inaction of the Cuban authorities, describing her situation as a “crime” that put her baby’s life at risk.
