We Almost Lost Eduardo Un Hijo con HLH

Child who went through

hell is still with us!

Eduardo battles a rare childhood disease

Family appeals for help

"We almost lost Eduardo Last Tuesday night. This child is fighting with all his heart, and I am sure, those who have been following this story, Eduardo knows you are with him, too." said Tim Paynter, an attorney in Denver, Colorado.



Paynter was talking about Eduardo Salazar Rivera an11 year old child, who contracted a rare disease which strikes mostly children called HLH syndrome. Fortunately, Eduardo has what is known as SHLH, which means the illness came on after or is secondary to an infection, likely the Epstein Barr virus. Victims of HLH usually die within 2 months after onset without medical treatment.

"You can imagine how the parents must feel!"

"HlH is an illness similar to cancer and more specifically like leukemia, but is neither cancer nor leukemia." said Paynter. "They treat it the same way as cancer and leukemia, they us chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant."



You have to be lucky to get a bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy in Mexico according to Paynter. Eduardo comes from a poor family in sleepy Villa Union, Durango, Mexico. The idea of paying for sophisticated treatment costing in excess of $500,000 is not within the means of a humble family.



"You can imagine how the parents must feel", Paynter noted. "What parent does not grieve when he cannot give his child what he needs. It must be very difficult when that which you cannot give means life or death for the child."



Paynter said the would-be soccer star has had a large portion of his intestine removed.n



"They said the entire intestine was removed" Paynter said. "There is a language barrier, so I am not sure if it was the entire intestine or just the entire upper intestine."

"We needed the help of influential people like Univision, like Piolin Por La Manana"

Friends of the Salazar family were optimistic they could bring Eduardo to one of the few clinics that specialize in HLH in the U.S. Erin Kennedy, from Castle Rock Colorado, also a good friend of the Salazar's, was checking out preparations.

"We could not come up with the money to be able to help Eduardo."



"We needed the help of influential people for that, like Univision, Piolin Por La Manana, that kind of clout." Paynter said.

"It is more than just money. We need muscles to help fast tracking immigration, we kneed an aircraft to get Eduardo to the hospital fast. These are the kind of things wealthy media company's have access to."

"If you don't have cash then send something you don't want!"

"We are praying for this child of Mexico." Erin Kennedy said. "God has his plan for Eduardo. We hope it is for this bright child to remain around for awhile.!"

Paynter and Kennedy are accepting donations of cash and of things to be sold on the Internet.

"If you don't have money then send something you don't want anymore and we will sell it on eBay!" Paynter said.

Cash should be sent to
Tim Paynter
Trust account
Attorney at Law
120 South Kalamath St.
Denver, Co., 80223

Gifts should be sent to
Tim Paynter
Attorney at Law
120 South Kalamath St.
Denver, CO., 80223

"We are not trying to save every child's life, although we would like to. We are trying to save Eduardo. Won't you be a part of it?"

Censored 4 Asking Tough Questions

Censors Gag Tough Reporting

Part of the process of living is leaving your mark on the world. It is not an ego thing, from my perspective. Some of us leave a positive mark; others a negative mark. A wise person knows he can make a difference and he does his best to make that difference.

Eduardo Salazar Rivera is fighting tough odds. He has an illness that strikes one in a million, mostly children. Without treatment most die within 2 months. Those who get treatment with Gamma Globluin alone have a 20% survival rate; those who get the works, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, professional medical care in a hospital setting-have a 70% chance.

As if Eduardo does not have the deck stacked against him, there are three more factors working against Eduardo:

Hi is poor, so he does not have access to traditional medicine others do;

He is a Mexican National;

He is a Poor Mexican National in Mexico instead of the US.

In order to give Eduardo the best chance possible he needs the best medical care money can buy. Isn't that what we all want for the important people in our lives?

In order to get the best doctors Eduardo Salazar must have access to funding. Even if the entire procedure were free, it costs the family a lot of money to take care of a critically ill child. There are other brothers and sisters who need help. Care takers need taking care of, too.

I have hit a brick wall on getting help for a Mexican national in Mexico. Our neighbors to the south have not learned how to care for the poor. It is beyond our ability to change that. If Eduardo were simply Hispanic in the US, then there would be a lot more solutions.

There would also be more solutions if Eduardo were a Mexican National in the US. At least we would not be fighting the visa process. While we would still have funding issues, some organizations like the Catholic Charities are willing to help children in their region.

So that is what I said. Let's just say the message was not well received.

I appealed to the conscience of the American people and of the Latino press with disastrous results. Face it, Blogger is about one thing: namsy pansy reporting, a million articles on how to write a blog, be a good lover, make money...but the moment you become controversial in your writing, blogger boots you off of the bus.

That is what happened here. Where is Eduardo Sotelo and Univision with its most popular radio show Piolin Por La Manana? Where is US corporate sponsorship like Apple? Where are my fellow Americans? Where are all of the well to do who could come to Eduardo's help but won't?

Does Eduardo deserve the right to live? Would he deserve the right to live if he were your child?

Will you help?

We need volunteers to bring this case into the public. We need money to pay for medical expenses, legal expenses, travel and the lsit goes on.

We need people from all races and all nations to pull together and help save dying children, one child at a time.

When I ask these questions then the censors go to work. The ugly American, who has more than enough, won't help, and he does not want anyone to know it. That is part of the problem with Eduardo's fight. The true story about the rich American, the poor Mexican, never gets told.

Will you help?
Send your donations of money or things to be sold on eBay to:
Tim Paynter
120 South Kalamath St.
Denver, CO., 80223

Write or call if you are willing to donate time or can help us make media contacts-
Tim Paynter 720 951 1700, in Spanish 303 594 3035

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