A plane ticket could change the life of a young man with a tumor

Christopher Bowman

On Friday’s newscast we highlighted the sad story of Christopher Bowman. He is the  twenty three year old youth who is suffering from a massive tumor that has grown on his chest and which is also now dangerously close to his spine.  Bowman has kept hope that he will be able to receive the surgeries that would save his life.  His mother Odessa Orosco stopped by our studios this morning, in a tearful plea for her son, whose condition is worsening. Orosco says she isn’t looking for a monetary donation but for a plane ticket that can get the youth to relatives in the United States.

Odessa Orosco, Mother of Christopher Bowman

“I gone da surgical clinic to see Doctor Adrian Coye, he took over my son’s case. Christopher di got complications fi walk right. This di happen to he fi three months now right. My son noh live with me, he live with my sister. And every time when I go go visit my sister my son di tell me about the complications weh he have right. So now I tell ahn make we go dah the doctor. I tell the doctor Chris di tell me that every time when ih come off ah di bed, ih stagger and ih di got complications fi walk right now.  When I tell doctor Coye about it, the doctor say that dah the tumor di affect the spinal cord weh di make mi son di walk like that. And Saturday night I gone with ahn again because after the Christmas parade weh they had Saturday night, my son tell me “Mommy I got pain ina mi back, ker mi dah hospital.” I tell ahn, “baby alright go and change your clothes and lets go dah hospital.” So when we gone dah hospital, we talk to doctor Tennison. I tell doctor Tennison about it and she give ahn three bottle of drip to ease the pain. Mien my son di go through this problem fi di pass thirteen years and all I deh di ask for dah help, I noh wah no money.”

Jose Sanchez

Odessa Orosco

“So you are trying to get a ticket to fly him out?”

Odessa Orosco

“Yes! I have two sisters dah L.A. My sister name Olivia and she is interested in my son. My sister di worry about my son since that interview. My sister call me Sunday and say see if I could get somebody to sponsor me di two plane ticket and the two passport them right. I di ask somebody to help right. Anybody in the organization, my son phone number dah 665-8453. Unu please help mi son. Mi son need two plane tickets and two passports and visa to get to L.A. mein.”