TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — The family of 16-year-old Hampton School student Nittia Deleon is to know on Wednesday when a surgery to remove a fast-growing tumour in her jaw will be done.
“Her doctor told us that the tumour is growing rapidly, and the larger it grows the more complicated it will be to have it removed,” Ava Cordeil, aunt of Nittia, told the Jamaica Observer, stressing that the surgery must be done in short order.
The result, Cordeil said, which was received last month, revealed that Nittia had a tumour.
The bar operated by her mother, Evelyn Cordeil, was the main source of revenue for the family.
Bars, however, were reopened last Tuesday, with a raft of guidelines, but that is not expected to improve the finances of the family, who is finding it difficult to cope with Nittia's medical bills.
