HELP SAVE A YOUNG LIFE

A young father is fighting for his life.

I write these lines with tears in my eyes and trembling hands.

This is the story of Ivan Borisov Kostov - just 34 years old, a father of two young children and a beloved husband.

A young man who never drank, never smoked, worked tirelessly to provide a better life for his family.

A man who lived with a smile and a good heart.

And today he lies in bed - with a huge open wound on his neck, a tracheostomy to help him breathe, and a stoma to feed from his stomach. Hope still shines in his eyes.

He fights every day - for a breath of air, for another day with his children, for his life.

IT ALL STARTED WITH A LITTLE PIMPLE

One small pimple on his tongue changed his whole life.

He went for a checkup believing he would get help.

But instead of salvation - he received a wrong diagnosis and wrong treatment.

Months of hell followed:
33 radiation treatments, 2 chemo treatments, surgery, lymph nodes removed without his consent.

And finally - a horrible, non-healing wound that became permanently infected.

Now the doctors say the scariest thing:
"He will not die from the tumor, but from the infection."

How do you live with that? How does a mother watch her child die day after day, with no help, no hope, no salvation?

THERE IS HOPE - BUT NO TIME

He doesn't want much - just to live.

To see his children grow.
To embrace his wife.
To say, "Thank you for not giving up on me."

He deserves a chance.
He deserves a life.

And we - as people, as a society - have an obligation to give it to him.