MIAMI, United States. – The activist Yamilka Lafita Cancioknown on social networks as Lara Crofs, advertisement This Monday the collection of the $30,000 required to cover the trip and expenses of stay in the United States of little Lía Isabel García Torres, diagnosed with leukemia. The minor and her mother still must obtain a humanitarian visa to travel to the North American country.
“We already have the USD 30,000 that Lía needs for when her humanitarian visa arrives. Always enormously grateful to all those supportive and empathetic hands, to our Cuban community, to those who share, to everything without exception. Thank you,” Crofs said in a Facebook post.
According to the information available in the GoFundMe campaignLía was born without health problems on January 9, 2019 at the Maternidad Obrera hospital, located in Marianao. Her family later moved to an area near a cement factory, in the province of Mayabeque, where the girl suffered from constant colds and pneumonia.
At four years old, the little girl had bruises on her skin and an unusual paleness; Blood tests confirmed a decrease in platelets and hemoglobin, which led to his diagnosis of leukemia at the William Soler Hospital in Havana.
After being immediately transferred to the Juan Manuel Márquez Hospital, she began chemotherapy and suffered serious reactions to the medications, eventually being admitted to intensive care. Currently, he continues to receive high-risk chemotherapies and, once this phase is completed, he will need a bone marrow transplant.
The Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, in the United States, accepted his case, so his family began fundraising to cover the costs of his stay and possible additional costs of treatment.
“Lía’s life can be saved with everyone’s help,” says the text published on GoFundMe, explaining that the resources will be used strictly in the United States in order to support the minor’s medical care.
Lafita stressed that staying united and supporting Lía is vital, especially to cover the expenses involved in her next stage of care. Likewise, he urged the Cuban community and supportive people to remain attentive to the process, hoping that the minor receives the treatment she so desperately needs in time.
