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Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
About Ayan Syed
Ayan Syed is a 6-year-old energetic child who loves spending time with his family. His parents work in HCG Hospital (Bangalore), his father is a Parking Guard and his mother is a Security Guard. According to his parents he is very happy when, ‘Chicken’ – is prepared at home; as it is his favourite food.
Ayan is a very smart child who loves studying and taking part in sports. He has also won – 1st Prize (LKG), at his School’s Sports Event. Besides studying and sports; Ayan enjoys going out and likes posing for pictures. Apart from this, he is very close to his maternal grandmother and she cherishes the time spent with him.
Medical Details
When Ayan was studying in LKG, he used to get periodic-high-fever and though he was on antibiotics the fever wouldn’t subside. Ayan was under the care of his grandmother for 2-months; as his mother was hospitalised due to complications in her second pregnancy. In a span of 2-months the child lost weight and his skin had turned yellow. After been taken to various clinics and government hospitals in Kolkata, despite the blood-tests; there were no improvements and they couldn’t identify the cause of his sickness.
A CT scan and some tests in another government hospital revealed the presence of a tumour in his stomach next to the liver. A surgery was conducted after 6 months of diagnosis, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful. The disease had spread to the entire liver and the biopsy confirmed it was cancer. A month after his surgery tests showed the presence of a tumour in the surgery area. The doctors conducted an additional surgery but the tumour surfaced again after a weeks’ time.
Ayan was taken for treatment to Ambedkar Hospital in Bangalore and later to KIDWAI, where he was diagnosed with Embryonal–Rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS).The doctors explained the line of treatment; a total time frame of 14 months and the estimation of the treatment {Chemotherapy + Radiation + Surgery}.He was taken to HCG hospital for a second opinion from Dr. Raghavendra. Ayan underwent surgery 3 more times but there seemed to be no progress as the cancer had spread to the entire liver. The only solution was to remove the infected portion of the liver. A decision was taken to wait until Ayan was 11 years and continue the treatment with radiation followed by medication and follow up every 6-months.
Recent Update
Ayan Syed has completed his treatment and is back home with his family. He loves spending time especially with his grandmother. He is yet to undergo a surgery to remove the residual tumor, this will be done once he is older.
