The mother of 14-month-old Baby Ayah Lundt has said well-wishers have raised the Sh240 million needed to facilitate her treatment.
Baby Ayah was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy and needs access to expensive drugs in a bid to save her life.
At the age of nine months, Ayah was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a hereditary disease that progressively destroys motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord that control essential skeletal muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing.
If not treated, the victim’s muscle weakness.
Through her Instagram page, Mary Mithika said that the family reached its goal of raising Sh240 million for Ayah’s treatment, using the ‘Little Ayah’ appeal.
On Tuesday, Mary said $2,180,000 had been raised.
“After 33 weeks of sleepless nights and tears, we are here!!! We want to thank God for bringing us this far, for blessing us immensely even when we fall short of His glory, for guiding us and getting us here. For health and wealth,” Mary posted.
Mary has expressed her gratitude to the friends who contributed to Ayah’s treatment.
“To our family and friends. You were the very first to know, we requested your support, and you went all out for us, you fought for Ayah like your own, even when the world didn't know about SMA or couldn't fathom a single treatment could cost millions of dollars.”
“Thank you for standing with us and helping us create a network and a community.”
Following the appeal, the family’s friends formed support groups in Kenya, Denmark, all over Europe, and the US calling for Ayah’s support.
“Then most of you transitioned to keyboard warriors who have been the true definition of resilience and support. Thank you for the endless meetings, strategizing, researching, tagging/posting, that helped us reach and connect to influential people and made Ayah's story reach more kind souls around the globe. God bless you.”
