A young mother of an 8-month-old child, Poovakka Iychettira, living in Kodagu is battling Cancer. She was diagnosed with the deadly disease in the 5th month of her

pregnancy. The treatment could start only after the delivery which was conducted through C-Section in the 7th month of pregnancy. Treatment commenced soon

after and she has so far undergone 2 major surgeries, chemotherapies, radiation and multiple scans.

The young couple with the help of their savings and loans availed from various sources have already spent about INR 35 lakhs (about $48,000). It is becoming

extremely difficult for the family to sustain the treatment and associated expenses. Kodava Koota requests its members, friends and well-wishers to

contribute to help a young family continue the treatment and also help Poovakka defeat this disease.

Kodava Koota Board takes up the responsibility to ensure the funds are made available to the family.

More Information received ( 03/09/2020)

Poovakka is married to Nanaiah Iychettira,she was recently married and had that 8 months old baby. She was diagnosed with lymphoma and she went through intense chemotherapy. She recovered well until mid of Feb. Suddenly she started having headaches and they diagnosed a growth in her brain. It had also multiplied. Because she went through intense chemotherapy, she can’t take further of it and doctors suggested a bone marrow transplant which is the core for this. That’s when they reached out to public for crowd funding. They will know the final cost of it by today(Monday) end of the day from the hospital.

The good part is Poovakka is very strong, jovial, is in right spirit to recover, she keeps herself busy doing things she likes and so on. The family said that’s their strength as well. The baby is in husbands house in chettalli. Poovakka’s grandmother passed away last week and her mother is busy with those formalities.

More Information received ( 03/22/2020)

She has been diagnosed with Diffuse large B cell lymphoma with CNS relapse (type of blood cancer). The treatment involves 3-4 cycles of salvage chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant. The estimate given by Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu where she is currently undergoing treatment is anywhere between INR 18 lakhs and INR 22 lakhs ($23,000 to $29,000). The treatment is expected to take 5 – 6 months which means additional expenses of hospitalization etc.

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