Please help Leshon

At my mom's work, she has a colleague whose son has just been diagnosed with colitis. He is just three years old, he was born December 26th 2012! He had to fly to Trinidad and Tobago with his mom because no doctors here knew what was wrong. The poor little guy was bleeding and the doctors couldn't fix it.

In Trinidad he went to a special hospital and they were able to help. He is on very strong drugs, and he is only three!! Right now his little body is swollen from the drugs he has to take. But this is what he has to do to get better.

In Canada if Leshon had gotten sick like that, it would have been covered by our government. He also would have been able to go to a children's hospital where it would not be as scary to be treated. But here you have to pay for all your treatment, and for many families they can't afford to go to a doctor let alone go to Trinidad.

So Leshon's mom has to pay back about $6,000 Canadian dollars worth of medical bills. That is about $13,000 Eastern Caribbean Dollars or equivalent what most people make in a year!!  Leshon's mommy already works two jobs to support her family so she really needs help to pay off these bills.

My mom has set up this website to help raise money for Leshon's mom.

I want my class at Brighton Public School to organize a fun fundraiser to help this little guy and his mom! Please donate generously. My aunt is  going to bring the money we raise here for Easter. We'll post pictures and keep you updated.

Leshon before he got sick