Gabriel Mateciuc
Amount received
14.309 €
Needed
38.500 €
Account RON:RO94 RNCB 0041 1821 0401 0001
Account Euro:RO67 RNCB 0041 1821 0401 0002
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Campaign started on 01.04.2025
👦 Name: Mateciuc
👦 First name: Gabriel Leonardo
🗓️ Age: 4 years
💳 Amount required: 38500 euro
🩺 Diagnosis: Neurofibromatosis type 1
🏥 LIV HOSPITAL Clinic
Help Leo walk again!
Gabriel is a boy of only 4 and a half years old, who, a few months ago, was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis type 1 – a rare genetic disease that affects the development of bones and the nervous system. He has "café-au-lait" spots on his body, and since birth, his right leg has been curved and he suffered an ankle fracture, which was treated incorrectly. Although the ankle was considered a minor problem, the real fight began with the tibia, which curved progressively and could no longer heal naturally.
So far, Gabriel has undergone two major surgeries. In the first, he was implanted with a telescopic rod, but it turned out to be too long, preventing him from straightening his leg and causing complications. In the second intervention, the rod was shortened, but it is still inappropriate, and Leo's tibia now curves even more. Unfortunately, the bones did not weld together even after a year after the first intervention, due to the disease and an associated condition: congenital pseudarthrosis.
To stimulate healing, doctors have also tried complex procedures – including injecting bone marrow extracted from the hip, but to no avail. Leo now has his leg stuck in an abnormal position, with constant pain and the inability to walk.
In Romania, the proposed medical solution is leg amputation, but Leo's family refuses to accept this tragic end of his childhood.
Hope has emerged recently – in Turkey, where a team of specialists has analyzed Gabriel's case and can perform a life-saving intervention, aimed at keeping his leg and giving him back the chance at a normal life.
The intervention costs 38,500 euros, to which are added the costs of accommodation and medical supervision for a month. Unfortunately, after a year of traveling through hospitals, treatments and huge efforts, the family is financially exhausted.
"I'm a desperate mother. I don't want miracles, I just want my little boy to be able to walk again. He went until the first operation, and now he is stuck in bed or in the stroller, with pain and no childhood. I see him dying, day after day. He doesn't have a kindergarten, he doesn't have a playground, he doesn't have friends. Only hospitals, tests and tears. For a year we have been living only in pain and shattered hopes. Our dream is to see our child get back on his feet, even if he limps. I just want to give him a life. We can no longer do anything without help. And we did everything we could. I beg you: help us save Leo." wrote Gabriel's mother
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Any donation, no matter how small, can bring the saving operation for Leo one step closer. And if you can't donate, share this message further – it can reach someone who can change the fate of this child. Together we can do a real miracle: to see Leo walk again!
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Entity Name: "SAVE A HEART" Association
Tax registration code: 31015982
RON Account: RO05BTRL00701205W82870XX
EUR Account: RO28BTRLEURCRT00W8287001
SWIFT code: BTRLRO22
BIC code: BTRL
Banca Transilvania
Please specify in the bank transfer, in the payment details, the name GABRIEL MATECIUC