Nikolay Georgiev is 8 years old from Plovdiv. He suffers from a hard form of Child Cerebral Paralysis, found 6 months after his birth. Since then treatment with medications and a number of courses in physiotherapy and rehabilitation are carried out with the hope that the child will be able to walk again. Despite his disease the boy goes to school and has good opportunities for social integration with other children. “Protegni raka” granted 1000 leva for rehabilitation and medications for Nikolay.
Georgi is 2 and a half years old. A year ago he is given the diagnosis Child Cerebral Paralysis- mixed form. The child needs permanent kinesitherapy, rehabilitation, consultations with a logopedist and psycho therapeutist. Each month for an year these procedures are done and little improvement in the child’s condition is noticed. The fund helped georgi with 100 leva for these procedures.
Veselein Stoychev is 9 years old from Sofia. Right after his birth the doctors find chromosome disease, defined in Medicine as Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. The disease is basically manifested with facial dismorphy, physical and neuron- psychical falling behind, skeleton and hearth anomalies. Now Veselin weighs only 7 kg. He puts on only a couple of hundred grams per year since his birth, and there are periods when for nearly3 years his weight does not change. In order to be fed Vesko needs specialized foods. “Protegni raka” provided the amount of 2500 leva for that food.
At the moment Elena Koleva is 13 years old, and is a student in 6th grade going to an ordinary school, using crutches and a special tricycle. She has 96.62 % disability and suffers from Child Cerebral Paralysis- pyramidal form, which is expressed more in the legs. The disease affects the movement of both her legs, as a result of which her independent movement is hardened. Elena is an excellent student, she speaks English and Polish well, and recently a drawing of hers won a prize from the European Commission. “Protegni raka” financed the buying of Botox with 1000 levafor the rehabilitation of Elena.
Alexander Georgiev is 2 and a half years old from Sofia. He was born with weight of 2900g. He did not begin to cry immediately, and during the examination after his birth the doctors found some birth defects- Spina bifida aperta, because of which the child is hospitalized for a surgical treatment in “Pirogov” Institute. The doctors recommend permanent kinesitherapy when “Protegni rak” grants the resources for the procedures which will help improving the condition of the child.
Maria Bozhkova is almost 4 years old from Plovdiv. There is a morbid growth on the right eye of the girl. For its removing a surgery is needed to be done. The parents have learned about “Protegni raka” from another person whom we have helped, and turn to us for help to provide a part of the resources needed for the surgery, hoping for a better way out of the situation. The fund is engaged to help partially with the amount of 2500 leva.
Kremena is 10 years old. She was born from a first pathological pregnancy with weight of 2800g. She is accepted in “St. Sofia” clinic when she is 1 with a diagnosis Child cerebral Paralysis- Spastic leftsided Hemiparesis. In 2002 a surgery on her left leg is done. In 2004 Kremena receives her first epileptic seizure, the epilepsy is a persuing disease until now. “Protegni raka” granted 1000 leva for the rehabilitation of Kremena.
Romina Haralanova is 17 years old form Sofia. Already during the suckling period she falls behind in her psychomotor development. When Romina is 1 year old a diagnosis is given- Child Cerebral Paralysis with a Spastic Diparesis Syndrome. Since then she permanently needs rehabilitation procedures. Now she goes to a school for treating children with CCP and is in 8th grade. “Protegni raka” financed with 1000 leva the rehabilitation of Romina.
Ivan Ivanov is a boy at the age of four, suffering from a cerebral paralysis. He is the only child of Radostina and Dobri Ivanov so far. The insidious disease was diagnosed when he was three years old. What brought his parents to the charity Fund Protegni Raka in March 2008 was the hope Ivan may be cured. The Fund partially supported the gathering of funds for a transplantation of stem cells of Ivan into a specialized clinic abroad. First manipulation is planned for June 2008. Hard time for Ivan and his parents is yet to come. And we, members of the Fund, wish them luck sincerely and hope for Ivan’s curing.
