Mother of kidney patient pleas for help
Having a child usually brings changes to a person’s life. This is true for twenty-one year old Tifarah Castillo, and the changes she is experiencing are taking a serious toll on her health. After giving birth to her second child, Castillo’s two kidneys stopped functioning and she was diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure. What this means is that she needs hemo-dialysis treatment five times a week at five hundred and fifty dollars per session – and that can be for the rest of her life if she does not get a kidney transplant. To add to her woes, Castillo is also in urgent need of blood donors. Her mother, Herbel Thompson, stopped by our studios today to make plea for help to the public.
Herbel Thompson, Mother, Kidney Patient
“From three weeks Tifarah have this problem when ih had ih first child, ih first kidney mi condemned and den ih had ih second baby too early and mess up di second kidney. And we really di ask fi help fi donate anything fi ah fi mek ih tek di treatment. Five change fi di treatment everyday and ih have to tek five a di treatment.”
Delahnie Bain
“Okay, so you’re hoping for financial assistance. You mention also that she needs blood?”
Herbel Thompson
“Yes, she needs so much blood right now because ih noh have no blood ih pale, pale.”
Delahnie Bain
“Where is she right now?”
Herbel Thompson
“The Karl Heusner Hospital.”
Delahnie Bain
“What has it been like since she was diagnosed? How has she been coping?”
Herbel Thompson
“Well, every evening like afta four, five ih go inna wah seizure. Every time I go look fi ah ih tell me ma I wah dead I can’t handle it no moh, I can’t tek it.”
Delahnie Bain
“How have you been paying for the dialysis sessions so far?”
Herbel Thompson
“From the first time ih gone in ih only tek one which was eight-fifty for the first one and ih noh tek no moh afta dat.”
If you would like to assist Castillo, you can reach her mother at 629-2711, 607-7602 or make a deposit at St. John’s Credit Union account number 25075. Blood donors would also be appreciated.
