Hello, dear donors! My name is Anna and I am a mother of Diana, who is 1 year 10 years old. I am writing to you with a broken heart and a huge request for help.

Diana's struggle started at birth. She was delivered by emergency cesarean section, immediately after she was put on oxygen and antibiotic therapy. We thought the worse was behind us, but at 4 months old we noticed something was not as it should be. Diana was reaching for toys with her left hand while holding her right hand balled into a fist.She has been having physical therapy since she was 5 months old. We started wandering and going around to different specialists looking for answers.At 8 months Diana had a TFE which showed "marked atrophic dilatation of the lateral ventricles more on the left.

At the age of 10 m. in consultation with prof. Ivan Ivanov was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (affecting the right arm most severely, the right leg less severely and the left leg and left arm least severely). She was prescribed physiotherapy and speech training and we were referred for an MRI. The rehabilitation regimen was: kinesitherapy using (neuro-developmental )techniques, recreational therapy (vestibulator), therapeutic massage.

From January we started to attend rehabilitation at the University Hospital "St. Mary". GEORGI" - gr.There at 11m she started to turn around. From March we took her to two-week rehabilitation courses at the Specialized Hospital for Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy "St. Sophia", Sofia, Bulgaria. Sofia.

At the age of 1 year 3 years we made an EEG which showed pronounced epileptiform focal changes in the left centro-temporal, which necessitated the inclusion of drug therapy. At the age of 1 year 4 years we made a consultation with Dr. Chardarov,( the manager of the hospital where we went for rehabilitation) he confirmed the diagnosis of cerebral palsy. He prescribed us special rehabilitation aimed at activation and stabilization of trunk musculature. Rehabilitation included: kinesiotherapy - Voita,sitting on the edge / Turkish with hand support;ergotherapy - vestibular stimulation crawling wheelchair.And appointed a follow-up examination after 3 months on the inclusion of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. From the same month started also monthly rehabilitation in the town. The rehabilitation sessions were held every month in Stara Zagora

At 1y.7m. we gave Diana an MRI. The conclusion of the examination was : In DD terms megalencephalic leukodystrophy with subcortical cysts.
After another consultation with a specialist, the diagnosis of Leukodystrophy was made and besides intensive rehab and drug therapy, Diana was given expensive genetic tests. (We did a small part of them but the results were negative). After so many rehabs, we now have success and Diana is sitting up on her own.But we still have a lot of work to do and we are making an effort .

Since December we started to visit the rehabilitation centre Elite 17+ in Targovishte, where we work with Medek methodology.
Diana needs more than 5000 BGN every month for rehabilitation + accompanying expenses.

And here comes the moment when we turn to you with a request for help. The costs of treatment and research are extremely high. Please help us in the fight for a better life for our little daughter Diana. Give a radiant child a chance to live a full life.