Anum is 29. She has SLE and has been bedridden for the last 13 years.

I met Anum in Lahore after we were informed by our project manager about her situation. She was diagnosed with SLE after she collapsed when she was 16 and went into coma. After she came out of coma, she was bedridden and her condition started deteriorating.

SLE caused her hip bones to collapse inwards thus restricting her movement and ability to stand without help. This also caused further issues relating to the use of toilet.

Continuously being bedridden for extended periods of time, she developed bedsores. Bedsores — also called pressure ulcers and decubitus ulcers — are injuries to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin.

Her immune system became very weak and any common disease that would normally last 3-5 days, in a normal human body, would last for months with Anum. For example, if she gets flu, it will last for months.

Hence she needed to take extensive medication for SLE, bedsores and any disease that she was suffering with. This caused ulcers in her stomach and skin rash on her chest and back. SLE can lead to cardiovascular disease and can kill women in their 20s by causing heart attacks and strokes. People with lupus also can die at young ages due to infections that are related to the immune-suppressing drugs taken to control the disease

Her condition is getting worse day by day and the only solution is if she starts to move and walk. Her doctors have suggested an operation which her parents cannot afford. They are extremely poor and can hardly afford her daily medication.

Hence we are raising money to get this beautiful 29 year old girl back on her feet, walk without help, enjoy and live life like a normal girl.

Please help us give Anum her life back. Thank You.