A woman is interviewed about her 3-year-old son, August, who was born with numerous health issues, including a cleft lip and palate, congenital heart disease, COPD, hyperthyroidism, anemia, allergies, kidney disease, and epilepsy. Despite his conditions, August's mother is his primary caregiver, performing tasks such as suctioning his airway over 10 times a day. She also takes care of their home and sells products online to earn a living. The interviewer is moved by August's story and offers to help by providing an oxygen concentrator, which will make suctioning less frequent, and by offering the mother a job selling products from their brand, which will increase her daily earnings. The interviewer also pays for the oxygen concentrator and offers to cover the costs of August's nursing care if his mother needs surgery.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The child, August, has malfunctioning internal organs.
2. August can't breathe without a machine.
3. August has a cleft lip and cleft palate.
4. August has congenital heart disease.
5. August has COPD, hyperthyroidism, anemia, allergies, and kidney disease.
6. August has an extra 13th chromosome.
7. August has epilepsy.
8. August needs a ventilator attached to him 24/7.
9. August's mother is his primary caregiver.
10. August's mother is a single mom.
11. August's father is not living with them but still helps with taking care of the children.
12. August's mother sells products online to support herself and August.
13. August needs sputum suctioning more than 10 times a day.
14. If August doesn't receive sputum suctioning, his airway will be clogged, and he will be unable to breathe.
15. August's mother rarely gets to rest due to caring for August.
16. August's mother has uterine fibroids and needs surgery.
17. August's mother earns 100-200 THB per day selling products online.
18. August's mother was offered a job selling products from someone's brand, which could increase her earnings to 400-500 THB per day.
19. An oxygen concentrator was donated to August's family to help with his care.
20. The oxygen concentrator cost 66,900 THB.
21. August's mother was given an additional 1,000 THB to help with her expenses.