Joel is 12 years old and is suffering from bone marrow cancer

Joel is 12 years old and since March he has been admitted to the Orlando Albadia Children's Hospital for a diagnosis of bone marrow cancer. Since then, he and his mother spend their days in the area of ​​oncology of the hospital.

The child, a native of Firmat, lives in the city of Santo Tomé with his mother and four brothers and sisters

Elba Acosta, his mother, said to the l </ a> UN that the treatment of the eldest of his children can take between eight months and two years. "This week, he had a spinal cord puncture and another lung," he says. The intervention was performed to determine if the marrow is damaged or not. "

In addition, for several days and as a result of ups and downs in his health as a high fever, Joel was unable to

until the time of diagnosis, Joel was a boy "like everyone else," said his mother, he was in sixth grade at the Ignacio Crespo school in Santo Tomé, he was playing ball with his friends and was busy with "He's a very good student, the teachers came to visit him and his comrades sent him their messages, "says his proud mother.

Despite the process that he goes through, Joel does not lose his smile, his routine is limited , every day he gets up in a good mood, drinks milk and his medication.

The symptoms that revealed the disease began to manifest themselves in February of this year, when the child had a high fever. I had inflamed him He was diagnosed with dengue or leptospirosis, "says the mother.

At mesu As his condition worsened, the symptoms worsened when he bled through the nasal pbadages

. He was referred to the children's hospital, where he conducted studies that diagnosed the current state.

Day after day, his mother accompanies Joel during his stay at the hospital while his four younger brothers and sisters are entrusted to his aunt. The island of Elba only has three hours to visit the youngest and travel from Rome to Santo Tomé. Separated from her husband and in the absence of resources, she asked the Santafesinos' collaboration to go ahead by donating food, diapers and hygiene items, between other. Those who wish to collaborate can do so by contacting through the profile of Facebook : "Joel Arce, all by Joel".