Ghanaian actress Rabby Bray has officially joined one of Tanzania's biggest film production firms, Lamata Village Entertainment. The multiple award-winning actress continues to make strides in her career, and her talent has been recognised by movie fans on the continent after she starred in Tanzania's hit television series "Jua Kali"…
She had trouble ngetting not on, not two, but three drugs when her daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. now she s working hard, not just to helm her daughter, but to help other children with cancer. abby bray was a healthy little girl in tampa, florida, when one month after her ninth birthday, troubling symptoms. she said it feels like there s knives in my bones. reporter: after her pediatrician ran some tests, a phone call to her parents, laura and mike. there s a bed waiting for her at st. joe s pediatric oncology unit, pack a bag, plan to stay, get there immediately. reporter: abby had ak couple lymphoblastic leukemia. to save her life she d need a vigorous regimen of chemotherapy. but then. a few months into treatment we were told you have to go home, you can t get this medicine today.
It s a shortage. reporter: abby wanted answers. she knew she needed to take all of her medicine. what happens now? does this mean i die? reporter: that s when laura sprung into action, assembling a group of friends called abby s angels. she made a list of children s hospitals in the u.s. and everyone pitched in to make phone calls. just a few hours later we had gone through it and we found some medicines, one of my friends made the call. reporter: over the next nine months, laura needed to step in again to get two other drugs the hospital couldn t find because of shortages. never once did i contemplate that i would also have to be navigating the largest global supply chain in the world in order to keep her alive. reporter: laura is a business school professor, so she had the skills to do that, but she knew other families weren t so fortunate. it really haunted me. reporter: a study last year
Her an angry mama bear. her daughter is battling leukemia and couldn t get access to a drug that s critical for her treatment. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen shows us, it doesn t mean giving up. reporter: abby bray was a healthy little girl in tampa, florida when one month after her ninth birthday troubling symptoms. she said it feels like there s knives in my bones. reporter: after her pediatrician ran some tests, a phone call to her parents, laura and mike. there s a bed waiting for her at st. joe s pediatric oncology unit, pack a bag, plan to stay, get there immediately. reporter: abby had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. to save her life she would need a rigorous regimen of chemotherapy including a drug called erwinase. but then a few months into treatment we were told okay, you have to go home, you can t get this medicine today, it s a shortage.