Please help us save the life of our son Oktay!

A mother writes to you with a heart full of pain and despair, but also with one last hope. Hope that good people like you will hear my cry for help and lend a hand at the most difficult time in our lives.

My son Oktay is only 28 years old, a young man full of dreams and longing for life. Since he was a child he wanted to be a policeman, to serve the people, to keep order and help those in need. He didn't just have a dream he lived it, he fought for it every day. But one day it all came crashing down...

That insidious disease testicular cancer appeared and destroyed not only his body, but everything he had built in his heart. The disease was already in an advanced stage when it was finally discovered... Late. Too late...

In our hometown of Dobrich, they failed to make an accurate diagnosis. We were forced to seek help in Troyan. There, thanks to Dr. Penko Bambov, we finally found out the truth. But it was horrifying - the cancer had spread to his lungs and heart. There was no more time to wait. The fight for every second began.

In Pleven, Dr. Chakarov performed emergency surgery to remove the testicle, but the fluid in his lungs was increasing. We were referred to Dr. Borisov, a specialist in thoracic surgery. He was admitted to the Heart and Brain Hospital. They did a microscopy, but then his condition deteriorated further. And then we heard the scariest words a mother can hear, "Nothing more can be done."

But how can I accept that! How can a mother give up her child?

Then came our last hope Turkey. The specialists recommended to us Dr. Serkan Keskin. I contacted him and he said something that made me breathe again, "Oktay has a chance. We can save him, but treatment must begin immediately in Turkey."

This treatment is long, arduous and extremely expensive. For our family, this amount is unaffordable. But together we can make a miracle. Please help us give our son a chance at life. Any help is invaluable. Every prayer, every sharing, every penny given in love is hope.

Let us show Oktay that he is not alone in this battle. Let us give him back his dreams. Let us give him life.

With faith in God and with faith in you, good people, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

From a mother who won't give up on her son.