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Campaign started on 11.03.2024

👦 Name: Filofteia
👦 First name: Melinte
🗓️ Age: 10 months
💳 Amount needed: €32,318
🩺 Diagnosis: Severe scoliosis with a 74-degree Cobb angle
🏥 Hospital: Monza, Bucharest 

The story of a brave heart

Filofteia is 11 months old. I watch her stretch her little hands out to me, how she laughs heartily at the slightest gesture of affection, how she finds her own rhythm in this big world. I watch her and feel my heart flutter, between love and fear, between hope and unanswered questions. She is a child like any other – curious, full of life, eager to explore. But in her eyes, in her wide smile, in the warm grip of her little hands, there is something more: an unseen force, a light that seems to want to tell me that everything will be okay.

Filofteia was born with congenital scoliosis, a reality I knew nothing about before she came into the world. Nobody told me, nobody prepared me. During her pregnancy, the doctors told me she would be born with talus valgus, that her little feet would be crooked, but nobody mentioned anything about her spine. I had no signs, no warnings, just news that would turn my world upside down after birth.

Even then, in the first moments I held her to my chest, I didn’t get a clear answer. I was just told to watch her, to wait, to see how she evolved. But how can you wait when it comes to your child? How can you not feel that each day comes with a dull fear, hidden among hugs and kisses on the forehead? I didn’t know that her path would be so different, that each small progress would be a victory won with patience and love.

And yet, if we only look at the disease, we miss the essential. Because Filofteia is not her scoliosis. She is the force that teaches me, every day, what true courage means. She is the laughter that fills the house with light, she is her playful gaze that knows no bounds. She does not know that she is different. And she does not need to know now.

For us, Filofteia is a gift. She is the pure joy of every morning, she is the warmth that we cling to on hard days. She is proof that love can overcome any obstacle, that a small body can house a big, fearless heart.

We do not know what the future holds, but one thing is certain: no matter what, Filofteia will not walk this path alone. We will be there every step of the way, to support her, to hold her hand, to pick her up when she falls. We will fight alongside her, we will hope for her, we will believe in her, until the world understands what we already know: that Filofteia is not just a story about struggle, but a story about love.

💛 And if you read these lines, please don't forget: every child deserves to be seen for who they are, not for their diagnosis. Every smile you offer can be a support for a struggling heart. Be kind, be empathetic, be a light to those who need you. Because, in the end, it doesn't matter how hard the journey is – it's who holds our hand along the way. 💛

How you can help:

Direct donations: Any financial contribution, no matter how small, makes a difference.

For donations:

Entity name: Asociatia "Salveaza o inima"

Fiscal 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 Filofteia Melinte.