My brother Ananias Joseph is a young father of a beautiful young daughter. He is a Customs officer by profession and has been battling many severe medical challenges during the past two years. He was born with sickle cell disease (SS) and was diagnosed with acute kidney disease in April, 2014 and a damaged heart valve in February, 2016. Ananias has been undergoing very costly medical treatment since his kidney failure and enlarging heart and liver, especially due to the additional complications inherent of the sickle cell disease. The treatment included periodic blood exchange transfusion, dialysis and a heart valve replacement. The heart valve replacement was done in October, 2016. Unfortunately, three days after, Ananias suffered a severe cardiac arrest which lasted about thirty (30) minutes and his kidney disease has been elevated from acute to chronic. Since then, Ananias has been undergoing medical attention in the Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital of Martinique (Pierre Zobda Quitman Hospital).

Although Ananias and family have been able to finance his medical expenses prior to the heart valve replacement, his current treatment has proven to be beyond our capacity. Prior to the heart surgery, the doctors originally estimated that Ananias would require about six (6) months of continuous medical treatment and therapy. However, the cardiac arrest has brought about further complications that have now affected his lungs due to aspiration of gastric content and prolonged ventilation. Such conditions have caused further delay to his medical recovery.  

Ananias has undoubtedly proven to be very strong through his resilience and determination to continue fighting for his life. His doctors are continuing, in their own way, to fight with him. We too as a family will continue to provide him with the necessary prayers and support and we therefore kindly solicit a contribution of any amount towards the funding of Ananias’s fight for his life. A special bank account has been setup in his home country to allow for persons at home and abroad to make walk-in deposits and wire transfer, respectively. The banking information is as follows:
Bank of Saint Lucia,  Ananias Joseph, Account#: 141239766.
Please go to the  link below for wire transfter instructions:
https://www.bankofsaintlucia.com/retail-banking/foreign-exchange/wire-transfers

All funds raised will go towards his daily medical and boarding expenses which now averages about 1,500 Canadian dollars per day. The medical expenses includes continuous dialysis, respiratory-support, heart support drugs, parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, physical therapy, periodic echocardiography, X-Rays and other daily supportive care.

We thank you in advance for your kindest financial contribution and other forms of support.