Desperate Hunt Continues For Rare Blood To Save Life Of Adorable 2-Year-Old Girl

Jan 13, 2019 by apost team

If your child is in trouble, you would do anything to save him. If you had to sacrifice your own life, you would do it in a heartbeat. Along with offering to do some things that are reasonable, you might also volunteer to do some things that are entirely unreasonable. What happens when it isn't up to you?

The above scenario is known as a parent's worst nightmare, and it is the one that the parents of a two-year-old girl in Miami are living through right now. Zainab Mughal's parents' world was turned upside down when their precious and happy Zainab was diagnosed with neuroblastoma.

According to the National Cancer Society, neuroblastoma is responsible for attacking the body's developing nerve cells. Because of this, this particular cancer only strikes children under the age of 10. Approximately 50 per cent of neuroblastomas begin in a child's adrenal glands, and others develop to create a cluster around the chest, neck or pelvis. This cancer is ordinarily very aggressive, but Zainab's genetic heritage made matters even worse.

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The New York Times reported that this disease is treated with blood transfusions. Unfortunately, the Indian-B antigen does not exist in Zainab's blood. This antigen is the most common entity within the majority population. People of Iranian, Pakistani or Indian descent have been known to be missing this particular molecule, but it is rare.

Only four per cent of the people in the abovelisted ethnic groups is missing the antigen. In addition to that, a donor would need to have Type A or Type O blood because Zainab's blood type is A+.

Zainab's father Raheel Mughal stated that Zainab will need two or three pints of blood every time she has a bone marrow transplant, and the blood bank doesn't have that much. According to USA Today, there are only four people in the entire world who have the right blood type for Zainab, and that is not nearly enough to save her.

Zainab's family has gotten together with the nonprofit organization OneBlood that facilitates blood transfusions. A total of 2,200 people have been tested, but only one of these people was a match. Zainab's parents are still hoping for the best.

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