Melonie Romans is des-perately pleading for assistance to help with the cost of getting treatment for her 14-year-old son.
Roman's son, Evondo Ewart, was diagnosed with chronic renal failure in 2006 and is in need of a renal transplant and dialysis.
Evondo was diagnosed after his mother determined that he did not look like his usual healthy self, and took him to the doctor. She told
THE STAR, "I was at home and I just didn't like how him look. When I took him to the doctor, his pressure was at stroke level and there was a high amount of protein in his urine."
While the disease does not greatly affect Evondo everyday, his mother is concerned about the possibility that his kidneys could fail at any moment. "It's something that he has to live with and it could take his life without the transplant. We don't know how soon, but he could collapse tomorrow."
In order to stay active, Evondo has a certain set of drugs that he has to take everyday. He also has to take vitamins in order to build up his blood count. If this is not done, he often feels tired, drowsy and has back and abdominal pain. He also needs a specific injection twice per week, but his mother says she cannot always afford this.
Romans just started a new job as a security guard but the salary is not enough to cover Evondo's medical bills and take care of her other two children. She is seeking help to cover the cost of Evondo's bi-weekly dialysis and the transplant which he will soon have to undergo.
The total cost of Evondo's treatment, according to documents from the University Hospital of the West Indies, is $2.7 million dollars, a figure which his mother can barely imagine.
Anyone interested in helping Evondo, may contact his mother at 838-5718.
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