Hello, dear people and my future friends!

My name is Teodor and I am only 6 years old, from Stara Zagora. This is my story and my search for friends to support me in my struggle, told by my parents Yanitsa and Zhivko.

Teodor is a wonderful, smiling, attentive and radiant child. He is caring towards everyone, giving lots of love and warmth. He was two and a half years old when we realized that there was something disturbing in the development of our little angel. He wasn't coping with the things other children his age were doing. We immediately referred him to a specialist - a neurologist. After examining his condition, he was diagnosed with "Childhood Autism".

Worried, because it was the first time we had encountered this diagnosis, we went to Plovdiv - there again they confirmed the diagnosis and we were referred to Alexandrovska Hospital in Sofia. There, in the child psychiatry clinic, they diagnosed a developmental and speech disorder. This was followed by another common diagnosis in children with autism - Celiac disease.

We visited the indoor barochamber - without success, we applied all known developmentally supportive treatments, we visited specialists for motor development, specialists to support verbal and non-verbal communication, all kinds of developmentally supportive treatments for Theodore, but currently our best hope is the application of stem cell treatment in Turkey. With this type of treatment, there has been a lot of positive feedback from parents going through our hurdles - we have seen development and improvement in a large percentage of our young patients. We know we are racing against time, so we made an enquiry and were approved for treatment at a clinic in Turkey. The first two infusions, which can give our little sunshine a chance to be like his peers, cost 19,000 euros.

During these 4 years we have been fighting with all our strength and means to provide our little boy with the necessary care and treatments, we don't miss therapies and we work every day to help Theodore move forward, but this amount is unaffordable for us.

19,000 euros is our dream, as a mom and dad, to hear the much awaited words "mom" and "dad". We dream of a future in which Theodore will have his peer friends with whom he will share his joys and worries, learn poems and sing songs with us. We believe that Theodore will find his friends here who will support him in his struggle for a happy childhood and a normal life!

So we appeal to you, dear people with big hearts, support us in this dream if you have the opportunity! We believe, we dream and we seek the better future for Theodore!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,

Mom Yanitsa and Dad Zhivko