Mother seeks help to save her 6-year-old child suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A six-year-old boy named Hossam Mahmoud suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease which is gradually ravaging his body. With a heart wrung with pain, his mother watches his faltering steps as he tries to walk on his tiptoes after his muscles began to lose strength, while the fear which the disease might advance to a stage where no treatment would be effective haunts her.

Between the tears of a mother who has nothing but prayer, and a childhood threatened with fading away, her plea rises to the benevolent people of the UAE to save her son before he loses his chance at life.

Hossam's mother says, "My heart breaks every day as I watch my son wither before my eyes, and I have nothing but prayer and hope. I see him dying before my eyes every day as the disease ravages his small body and deprives him of the simplest rights of childhood. He no longer walks normally, and now walks on his tiptoes in an attempt to resist the disease which is progressing rapidly and threatening his future and his life."

It is worth noting that Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare and dangerous genetic disease which causes progressive muscle weakness. Symptoms begin with a loss of the ability to move normally, then the weakness extends to the muscles of the hands and feet, and as the disease progresses, it may reach the respiratory and heart muscles, posing a real threat to the patient's life.

Hossam's family lives in constant anxiety and fear, given their urgent need to provide treatment before his condition deteriorates further.

The mother appeals to the benevolent and charitable people in the UAE to extend a helping hand to save her child, emphasising that every day that passes without treatment means losing a new part of his ability to move and his chance at life.

"I don't want to lose my son. I ask those with compassionate hearts to help him before the disease snatches him from us, for all I wish is to see him run, play, and live his childhood like other children."

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