Nine-year-old beats cancer twice

Jun 29, 2025 News, Waterfalls Magazine

Chayanne Parboo was first diagnosed with Leukemia at three years old

Kaieteur News – Nine-year-old Chayanne Parboo has beaten cancer for the second time. Parboo who was in the United States receiving treatment with the assistance of US-based Medical Charity, Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is back in Guyana after being cleared of the disease.

Just last year, her arduous victory over leukemia occurred when she was just three years, the young girl was diagnosed Retinal Detachment—a condition that needed urgent medical attention.

Retinal Detachment is an eye condition which was causes her to rapidly lose her vision. It is a symptom or complication of some cancers, particularly those that spread to the eye (metastatic cancers). The nine-year-old’s medical history and journey with cancer was recently documented by SHEA, who dubbed Parboo a hero in her own right.

The first time cancer showed up, Parboo was only three. She was tiny, soft-spoken, full of curiosity, and all of a sudden, she was gravely sick. Doctors in Guyana told her parents Verney and Omesh Parboo that it was leukemia. But they didn’t have the treatment she needed. It was one of those moments where everything feels like it’s falling apart, and you don’t know what to do next. However, her parents, found a way.

With help from the SHEA Charity, the most kindhearted doctors who were willing to give her a fighting chance and a wave of support from kind strangers, the then three-year-old Parboo got on a plane to the U.S. to start treatment.

After months of chemotherapy, injections, bone pain, raging fevers and hair loss; all of it happening in the midst of the global COVID pandemic, she fought hard and she beat it. Her cancer went into remission, and she finally got to go back home to Guyana. It felt like the storm had passed.

CANCER IS BACK

In short space of time, little Chayanne Parboo was in school, growing up carefree and happy like any other child until she started complaining about pain in her eye. At first, it didn’t seem too serious. Retinal detachment, the doctors thought.

But something didn’t sit right with her parents. So they asked for further testing. And just like that, the floor fell out from under them again.

The cancer was back, this time, in the form of a tumor behind her eye.

They questioned, “After everything she’d already been through; how could this be happening again?”

A SURVIVOR

The Parboos didn’t hesitate and their daughter proved she was willing get back into the fight. Back to the U.S., back into hospital, back into treatment rooms and tubes and blood tests.

But now she was older. She understood more. She felt it all a little deeper. And it hurts in different ways.

There were moments when she couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep and could barely speak. But she never gave up. Not once.

SHEA lauded her parents as two incredible humans, who stayed strong by her side, even though they were exhausted and heartbroken.

“People showed up again. Donations came in. Friends rallied. Strangers became family. The SHEA team worked around the clock to make sure Chayanne got everything she needed,” The medical charity said on its website.

REMISSION

A smiling Chayanne Parboo has beaten cancer twice

After months of treatment, scan after scan; appointment after appointment, the updates started getting better until her scans were clear.

Her cancer was gone. She is in remission. This little girl looked cancer in the face twice and beat it.

Now, after months of fighting for her life (again), she is finally heading back to Guyana. This time as a two-time cancer survivor; she has fought, suffered, survived and is still smiling.

GRATITUDE

Given successful outcome of the case, SHEA expressed gratitude to every person who donated, shared, prayed, or even whispered Chayanne’s name with love in their heart.

“You helped make this moment possible. To the doctors, nurses, and caregivers: thank you for loving her like your own. To her parents: thank you for showing us what unconditional love and strength really look like.

To SHEA Volunteers: thank you for showing up when the world feels heavy and hope feels far,” the Charity said in a post shared on Facebook.

To help us help more children like Chayanne:https://savinghandsemergencyaid.org/chayanneparboo

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