[Marinir] Re: Aris Tanone: Minta tolong

[Yap Hong Gie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <atanone at hiwaay.net>
To: "Yap Hong Gie" <ouwehoer at centrin.net.id>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: Aris Tanone: Minta tolong

Saya sudah set up websitenya untuk anak ini di:

        http://home.hiwaay.net/~helpluke/

dan updatenya bisa diikuti di:

       http://home.hiwaay.net/~lukeblog/weblog/

Tolong informasi ini disebarluaskan, kalau-kalau ada yang ingin membantu.

Sementara ini masih ada yang mempertanyakan masalah account Pendeta
Hani di Sumba.

Tapi untuk sumbangan, sebaiknya setelah dapat kepastian hasil CT-scan
dari Surabaya minggu depan, baru dibicarakan.

Saya akan posting updatenya di blog di atas.

Sekali lagi terima kasih.
Salam,

Aris Tanone.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aris Tanone" <atanone at hiwaay.net>
To: "YapHongGie" <ouwehoer at centrin.net.id>; "Wilson Kusumo"
<wkscom at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:43 PM
Subject: Minta tolong

Bung Hong Gie dan bung Wilson,

Maaf karena kesibukan saya jarang muncul.
Semalam saya baca berita ini di Pos Kupang sekalian saya terjemahkan.
Tolong kalau sempat postkan di milis yang anda tangani. Mungkin ada yang
tergerak hati dan ingin menderma, kita bisa kontak agar dananya
disalurkan lewat Pos Kupang. Saya sudah dan akan postkan di milis lain.

Terima kasih.
Salam,
Aris Tanone




Thyroid covers Lukas' neck.

http://www.indomedia.com/poskup/2005/05/30/edisi30/3005uta4.htm


His growth is very slow, even though he is 13 years old. His physical
appearance even seems like a seven-year old. Lukas Rangga Ndaku Mbira seldom
smiles in the joyous children world. He even didn't like to talk with his
peers. He only smiles when he talks with his family members.

That was the condition of the youngest child of six from the couple of
Karaenga (60) and Mrs. Magdalena (55), from Kiritana village, Pandawai
prefecture, West Sumba District. Lukas, as he was called, was a patient
participating in free treatment conducted by Bethel Church of Waingaipu,
West Sumba, on May 27-28, 2005.

When Pos Kupang met him on Saturday (5/28), Lukas admitted that he suffered
from thryoid problem since he was one year old. That means it has been 12
years that Lukas has struggled with this disease causes by the lack of
iodine salt. Each year, the thyroid grew bigger. Now, the thyroid even
covered his whole neck. The weight of Lukas' thyroid is estimated to be 2.5
kg. Due to the large size of that thyroid, Lucas' head seems to be always
looking upwards. When he breaths, Lucas has to make a long inhale and all
the veins on his thyroid are displayed.

The family was unable to treat Lukas due to the lack of money. Forget about
the treatment fees, even the transportation fee to take Lukas to hospital
was really a problem for the family. That's why Lukas has given up and
conceded to the condition.


When he was 7 years old, Lukas had asked his parent to let him goes to
school. However he only stayed for two days, since his peers keep pounding
on his thyroid. They didn't consider it a disease, but treated him as a toy.
Accordingly, Lukas' parent felt sorry about it and didn't let him to go to
school, and that was the reason why Lucas can not read and write like all
his peers who are able to go to school.


The chair of free treatment committee, Rev. Andreas Haning, who is also the
head of Sumba Bethel Church, together with Dr. Maria Tan and Dr. Dany, told
us that Lukas was taken to Waingapu for a free operation by the specialist
from Singapore. However, the surgery has to be cancelled due to the lack of
equipment in Waingapu. Lukas can only be treated in the large hospital with
adequate medical equipment. According to Andreas, the church is trying to
find donors who are willing to help Lucas.


Meanwhile, Dr. Maria Tan and Dr. Dany admitted the source of the thyroid of
Lucas has not been determined, since there has not been any medical
examination yet. However, according to them, in general, the thyroid problem
was caused by the lack of iodine in the body, stress, lack of the immune
system, cold or other reasons.


Lukas' thyroid, according to these doctors, has not been analyzed since
Lukas has suffered from it when he was 1 year old. They only hope that
someone will help Lukas with the treatment fund. "If there is help from the
servants of God, then Lukas' suffering can be cured by the operation in
Singapore," said Dr. Maria Tan.


Meanwhile, Lukas' family can only concede. "We leave Lukas to the help of
the church," said Umbu, Lukas' uncle.(iva)


Translated by Aris Tanone (atanone (at) hiwaay.net)