Ashton is a three-week-old baby from Uganda. He has a lung infection right now and has had to be placed on supplemental oxygen to support as a result. “The infection causes him to have a cough, fever, and runny nose,” The Kellermann Foundation (KF) tells us. “Breathing has become very difficult for him and the infection is also causing him to vomit.”
Luckily is being cared for by his loving and attentive mother Sharron. “When his bright personality began to dampen she knew he needed to go to the hospital,” KF tells us about her. “Sharron walked an hour and a half to the hospital because her family cannot afford the four dollars it would require for her and Aston to get transport on a motorcycle.”
The KF team has recommended treatment which would continue the supplemental oxygen and include fluids and antibiotics. This regimen would run at $225 and clinicians expect Ashton to make a full recovery. “I hope my son will benefit from the treatment so we can go back home” says Sharron.
With an equipped medical partner and loving and supportive mom, Ashton is well on his way to beating his infection. Now all we need to do is fund his care to make this a reality.