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Brain tumour teen seeks life-saving assistance
After being diagnosed with a brain tumour this year, 17-year-old Rayon Fredericks recently returned from Trinidad after an evaluation of what it would take to remedy his condition.
Relatives of the teenager are seeking assistance from the public to assist further with the surgery that is needed for the youth to survive.
Fredericks, who hails from the Berbice River community of Hururu, was previously seen by a doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was diagnosed with a tumour in his brain. This was after several tests and a CT scan. Overseas treatment was recommended.
Rayon Fredericks
His father, Leslie Fredericks, told this newspaper that he managed to raise some funds to take his son to Trinidad for the evaluation.
While at the Community Hospital of Seventh-Day Adventists, they discovered that the tumour had grown to the size of an orange and was pressing on the brain, affecting the functions of certain key organs.
The teenager underwent emergency surgery to drain the excess fluid from his brain under renowned Caribbean Brain Specialist, Dr Richard Span.
But to reverse the growth of the tumour, Fredericks requires a special surgery, which according to his father, would cost a bit over $5M.
Leslie Fredericks said that already the Ministry of Health has promised to assist financially but the family is still desperately in need of further help, especially since the surgery will have to be done out of Guyana.
Dr. Richard Spann recommends surgery between June-July.
According to Fredericks, his son was full of potential, educationally, until he developed the present condition.
In March, the lad also underwent emergency surgery for treatment of severe hydrocephalus (increase fluid in the brain). This has also caused him to be blind, and until his parents have the required sum needed the youth will be suffering even further.
The frustrated parents have advised that persons who wish to assist his son to realise his dreams can contact him on cell phone numbers 676-5903, 690-7908 or the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs on telephone number 223 7392.
There is also a Republic Bank account #5087721 where persons can make donations of any amount.
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