The Letter To My Albino

Melanoma Cancer

Umma rubbed Ela's shoulder while giving her spirit to Ela.

"She'll be back in a moment of recovery. Surely that's for sure" said umma to calm Ela's heart.

Ela just say the umma words and Ela also dare herself to ask something that still stuck in her mind.

"Momu?"

"Yes?" umma looked at Ela.

"Does Ado have melanoma skin cancer?" ela asked, playing her hand.

"You already know, surely because you read the Internet id article right?"

Ela nodded her head again and looked at umma's face with a full look of worry.

"Yes, Valdo has melanoma and we've known about it since Ado was a kid."

"If you can know Ado has entered what stage umma?" ela asked worriedly.

"Before when he was a child, Valdo's disease only entered the early stages so we can still prevent it" explained umma again.

Umma also explained how he could know that Valdo had melanoma skin cancer.

The flasback

September 2006

Oby ran to knock on the room after he played.

Tok.dok...

"Umma, umma," cried Oby from behind the door.

"Umma, umma," yelled again from Ryca.

"Dear what's going on" replied umma opening the door.

Grasses..

"What's the matter, baby?" tanya umma looked at her children.

"That, Valdo," Ryca answered in a panic.

"Valdo why?"

"Valdo umma, Valdo's body is red-red" replied Oby.

"Where does he go now?" ask umma.

"That umma's in the field," pointed Ryca to the back yard.

Umma headed straight there, meeting Valdo who was sitting on the back porch of the orphanage while overcoming his body.

"Why baby?" ask umma to Valdo.

"Umma," said Valdo.

Umma immediately took him to the nearest puskesmas and other orphanage children were entrusted to umma's sister.

Arriving at the puskesmas,

Valdo will be referred to the hospital for further force because on his skin there are unnatural patches.

Like small brown patches on her burning skin circles.

A day after getting a referral from the health center, Umma and Valdo returned to the nearest hospital.

No, this hospital is pretty far from the parlour. But it's okay to know Valdo's disease.

After being in the hospital for 3 hours, Valdo and Umma also get the results of the diagnosis from the doctor.

"This is the result of the diagnosis, I will read it" said the doctor.

Viewed in general, Valdo has melanoma skin cancer.The skin of people with albinism will be flammable due to lack of melanin. Therefore, their risk of developing skin cancer is very high.

Therefore, it is important for people with albino disease to use a sunscreen containing at least SPF 30 at all times.

Factors that may increase the risk of this disease include:

White-skinned.

Have a history of sunburn.

Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light.

Stay close to the equator or at higher altitudes.

The immune system is weakened.

That's the explanation of the dermatologist who handled Valdo while in this hospital.

"Is there any way to cure his illness?" tanya umma who looks worried.

"There are several types of ways to cure melanoma skin cancer, namely:

Immunotherapy Surgery

Target therapy with medication

Chemotherapies

and radiation therapy."

"If you can know Rivaldo has entered the stage of what stage is doc?"

"For that, Valdo is still in stage 0.

Melanoma is grouped into several stages or commonly known as stages:

Stage 0: Melanoma is only present in the top layer of the skin (epidermis). 

Stage 2: There are features that indicate a higher risk of recurrence, but no evidence of spread.

Stage 3: Melanoma has spread to nearby lymph nodes or nearby skin.

Stage 4: Melanoma has spread to lymph nodes or skin further away or has spread to internal organs."

"It is fortunate that Valdo was brought as soon as possible because we can prevent it as much as possible" said the doctor again.

A feeling of dread enveloped the umma, because if Valdo reached the advanced stage. They have no cost to treat it.

Even the orphanage does not have a regular donor, because this home was only opened by umma and her sister a year ago.

'Umma must be very worried about me, ' Valdo's inner self.

"Umma be calm, I'll be fine, I promise. I'm not going to take umma anymore" Valdo said as he looked at umma.

Hearing Valdo's words that are so sincere makes the heart of umma touched and umma deepened, 'Valdo must be strong and certainly can get through all this.'

Flasback off .

"So we just pray Valdo quickly back yes," said umma again.

"Yes umma."

Exactly at 21:00

Ela and her friends say goodbye to going home. During the trip Ela had started chatting back with her friend.

Arriving at Ela's house,

"Thank you Mo" said Ela.

"Yes are the same."

"Be careful Mo take care of cave friends, do not get hurt," ledek Bimo.

"Anyah, yes, Ela."

...~~[In Home Ela ]~...

"Assalamualaikum I'm home."

"Waalaikumsalam dear," welcome mama.

"Tumben very long," said Anir.

"Ahahaha yes, we talked the same before Lisa."

"What do you know about the owner?" ask mama.

"Yes Mah, the owner of the parlor who took care of Ado used to fit still small."

"Oah, pantesan. So you've been to that parlor dong?"

"Yes, I used to go there with Valdo, with Riky, with Gea sometimes."

"Geea?" murmured brother Anir.

"Yaudah ma'am, my brother, I'm going to go to the room first."

"Yes dear."

Ela walked back to her room with a lethargic face back. Although his heart was a little calm and his mind was no longer heavy.

But he still felt empty, the smile he carved on his face was just a trick.

Bruck..

Ela slammed her body onto a navy-colored mattress matching the new paint on the walls of her room.

"Haaah," Ela exhaled violently.

'May the hope of the cave this time be granted do,' Inner Ela looked at her room AC.

Ela looked blankly at her room from the bed for a few minutes. Not long after that, Ela went down to her desk.

Sreek. (opens desk drawer).

Ela took the navy white book and reopened it. 'This book is the first book that my sister gave me on my 4th birthday.'

'I know because I see my own writing here, ' Ela said in her heart.

"Rain Wear,

I like you for the fragrance you create and the soothing conditions, rain can you hear my request?

Rained out...

I'm so happy that I got this book right on my 4th birthday. Do you know rain? I got it from my greatest brother who else if not Anir's brother."

Ela read the writing on the first page of the book, smiling sweetly.

Seriate...

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Autor Info.

How's this chapter? Boring no?

Sorry if it is boring, because this chapter discusses the disease suffered by Valdo or Ado.

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