Shas­tri Boodan

Time is run­ning out for 12-year-old Levi Mo­hammed, who has been bat­tling B Cell Acute Lym­phoblas­tic Leukemia since he was just eight years old. Af­ter two dev­as­tat­ing re­laps­es, most re­cent­ly just two weeks ago, his on­ly chance for sur­vival is a bone mar­row trans­plant. How­ev­er, it will cost US$500,000, an amount his moth­er, Maris­sa Ali, can’t raise alone.

Levi and his moth­er left for the Unit­ed States yes­ter­day, des­per­ate­ly hop­ing for a mir­a­cle. They are seek­ing treat­ment at the Duke Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal in North Car­oli­na or Nick­laus Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal in Flori­da and are pray­ing that Levi’s can­cer can be forced in­to re­mis­sion so he can re­ceive the life-sav­ing trans­plant.