No father is ever ready to see his daughter fight for every breath. My daughter, Madhushree, only 32 years old, is lying in Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. On 12th August 2025, she was admitted in a critical condition with severe shock. She needed the highest level of life support.
Despite intensive treatment, her condition worsened. Doctors had to put her on ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), a machine that takes over the work of the heart and lungs when they fail. She also underwent Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) because her blood had too much acid due to kidney failure.
Even when ECMO was removed successfully, her health slipped again. She needed multiple strong medicines, advanced antibiotics like Meropenem, Teicoplanin, and later Polymyxin, and ventilator support to breathe. The infection spread to her lungs, causing ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome). She had to be placed on prone ventilation, face down, just so her lungs could get enough oxygen.
I still remember holding her hand and whispering, “You’re stronger than this, my child. Keep fighting.” She couldn’t respond, but I know she could hear me.
Today, she is doing better than before, but the struggle isn’t over. She still needs CRRT (dialysis), and the doctors say she may need it for the next 1 to 1½ months. The urgency is real, without this, her kidneys cannot function.
We are a small family, just me, my wife, and Madhushree. I work as a gardener with a humble income annually. So far, we’ve somehow managed through personal loans and small donations. We’ve already spent about Rs. 14 lakhs and we are drowning in debt. We haven’t sold land or gold, because we don’t have any. But the treatment ahead will still cost lakhs more, and we cannot manage it alone.
We live in Kaggadasapura, Bangalore, and every day I travel back and forth, praying that she holds on. I watch her fight infections, survive with machines, and struggle for a chance at life. She is 32. She deserves a future.
“Hope is what keeps us alive when everything else falls apart.” Today, my hope rests in your kindness. Please help me continue her treatment at Manipal Hospitals. Your contribution will go directly to saving my daughter’s life. Please help!
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ಯಾವುದೇ ತಂದೆ ತನ್ನ ಮಗಳು ಪ್ರತಿ ಉಸಿರಿಗೂ ಹೋರಾಡುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಲು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಸಿದ್ಧರಿಲ್ಲ. ನನ್ನ ಮಗಳು, ಕೇವಲ 32 ವರ್ಷ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನ ಮಧುಶ್ರೀ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಹಳೆಯ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಮಣಿಪಾಲ್ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 12, 2025 ರಂದು, ತೀವ್ರ ಆಘಾತದಿಂದ ಗಂಭೀರ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಳನ್ನು ದಾಖಲಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಜೀವ ಬೆಂಬಲದ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿತ್ತು.
ತೀವ್ರ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಯ ಹೊರತಾಗಿಯೂ, ಅವಳ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟಿತು. ವೈದ್ಯರು ಅವಳನ್ನು ECMO (ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಟ್ರಾಕಾರ್ಪೋರಿಯಲ್ ಮೆಂಬ್ರೇನ್ ಆಕ್ಸಿಜನೇಶನ್) ಗೆ ಒಳಪಡಿಸಬೇಕಾಯಿತು, ಇದು ಹೃದಯ ಮತ್ತು ಶ್ವಾಸಕೋಶಗಳು ವಿಫಲವಾದಾಗ ಅವುಗಳ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಯಂತ್ರವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮೂತ್ರಪಿಂಡ ವೈಫಲ್ಯದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಅವಳ ರಕ್ತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಆಮ್ಲವಿದ್ದ ಕಾರಣ ಅವಳು ನಿರಂತರ ಮೂತ್ರಪಿಂಡ ಬದಲಿ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ (CRRT) ಗೆ ಒಳಗಾದಳು.
ECMO ಅನ್ನು ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕಿದಾಗಲೂ, ಅವಳ ಆರೋಗ್ಯವು ಮತ್ತೆ ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟಿತು. ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಬಹು ಬಲವಾದ ಔಷಧಿಗಳು, ಮೆರೊಪೆನೆಮ್, ಟೀಕೊಪ್ಲಾನಿನ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಂತರ ಪಾಲಿಮೈಕ್ಸಿನ್‌ನಂತಹ ಸುಧಾರಿತ ಪ್ರತಿಜೀವಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಉಸಿರಾಡಲು ವೆಂಟಿಲೇಟರ್ ಬೆಂಬಲದ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿತ್ತು. ಸೋಂಕು ಅವಳ ಶ್ವಾಸಕೋಶಗಳಿಗೆ ಹರಡಿ, ARDS (ತೀವ್ರ ಉಸಿರಾಟದ ತೊಂದರೆ ಸಿಂಡ್ರೋಮ್) ಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಯಿತು. ಅವಳ ಶ್ವಾಸಕೋಶಗಳು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಆಮ್ಲಜನಕವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಅವಳನ್ನು ಮುಖ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಪ್ರಚೋದಿತ ವಾತಾಯನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರಿಸಬೇಕಾಯಿತು.
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