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An 11-year-old’s sudden fight with cancer

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Yashashwini M is an 11-year-old girl who was living a normal childhood, going to school, studying well, and dreaming big. In August, she began complaining of pain in her legs. Her parents took it lightly at first, thinking it was temporary. But within days, everything changed.

“One night she was fine,” her parent recalls. “The next morning, she couldn’t even walk.”

Doctors initially found fluid buildup in her leg bones and behind her knees. She cried through the nights in unbearable pain. Her parents rushed her from one hospital to another, hoping for answers. Every test brought fear, but no clarity. They never imagined that a child so young could be fighting cancer.

In December 2025, the truth finally came out, Yashashwini was diagnosed with blood cancer. Her parents were shattered. “We were devastated to hear that a 10-year-old child has cancer,” they say. To protect her innocence, they told her it was just a blood infection and that she would get better.

Yashashwini has already undergone one chemotherapy session. Her hair has started falling, and the pain is difficult for her to bear at such a young age. She keeps asking her parents what has happened to her body. Her parents struggle to answer while holding back tears.

Doctors have advised 6-7 months of chemotherapy, with an estimated cost of ₹10-12 lakhs. Her father works as a driver, and her mother earns a modest salary from a corporate job. They have exhausted their savings and borrowed from friends and relatives just to begin treatment. Now, they have nowhere else to turn.

“We never expected our child to go through this,” her parents say. “We have spent everything. Please help us. We just want our daughter to survive.”

Yashashwini is fighting a battle no child should face. Your support can help her continue chemotherapy and give her a chance to return to school, to life, and to her childhood.

Please come forward and help save Yashashwini’s life.


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Shylaja

bengaluru KARNATAKA

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Yashashwini M

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Rainbow Childrens Hospitals And Birthright, Marathahalli, Bengaluru

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