When Abhishek and Divya Avasthi's young son was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in December 2018, their lives were upended overnight. What followed was not just the battle to save their child's life, but the realization of how unprepared even the world's best healthcare systems were to support families through the daily realities of childhood cancer.
"The shock, the chaos, the fear, it was overwhelming," Avasthi recalls. "We were grateful to be in one of the strongest healthcare systems in the world, but once we left the hospital, we were on our own. Managing his treatment, his schooling, our jobs, and just keeping family life together felt impossible."
