Brain Tumour Threat Overcome
IT is smiles all around for young 12-year-old Liliana Maravu who suffered a brain tumour that had her blind on one eye.
Thanks to treatment she received under the guidance of Canberra neurosurgeon, Dr K Nandan Chandran, Liliana has had a new lease of life.
Travelling to Fiji to help with brain tumour sufferers, Dr Chandran operated on Maravu with the hope of relieving her suffering.
However, complications after the surgery meant that Liliana was bound for Canberra where she would get a second operation with the hope of rectifying the problem.
With the support of the Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC), Liliana's dream would finally come true as she would travel to Canberra for her operation with her adoptive grandmother, Cecilia Keil.
Lilian accompanied by her grandmother, were hosted in Canberra at the residence of Gungahlin Rotary Club president, Sandra Mahlberg. She was there until last week in which she was able to see certain specialists who were there to help her in correcting her sight before her return home.
With the kind help from ROMAC which generously offered $20,000 in cash to help Liliana with her hospital costs, she can now breathe a sigh of relief as all her troubles that once haunted her are all just a distant memory.
Her recovery from the operation was somewhat of an amazing feat as described by Ms Mahlberg; Liliana was supposed to have been in hospital for ten days but only spent six days at the hospital and had only a day to contend with in ICU.
Liliana would like to specially thank Wendy Donald of ROMAC who had introduced Liliana's case to the Club, to Dr Chandran and his awesome team of neurosurgeons, the Fiji Daily Post, the Fiji Times and all those who had graciously contributed to her well being before, during and after her surgery.
With the success of the operation on Liliana, it is understood that more and more children can also benefit from the excellent work done by the team from ROMAC and that of Dr Chandran as we can now see that Liliana is now leading a normal and more prosperous life.
Perhaps now there is a glimpse of hope for this young patient for her future endeavours, for just when it seemed that all hope had gone, now it is true when they say that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
