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Help Natalia fight SMA

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Letter from Natalia's mom:
Natalia Jedrzejczak lives in Lodz, Poland. She was born on 7/27/15. The pregnancy and labor went well and she scored 10 on Apgar scale. She was a very strong baby where she was able to hold her head when she was laying on her stomach, she was turning on her stomach and back on her back until she was 5 months old. When she was 6 months old she got sick with RSV virus which weakened her. She stopped doing things she was doing up to that point like picking up her head when she was laying on her stomach and turning on her stomach from her back. This worried me. At that time, the doctors suspected decreased muscle tone. She went through rehabilitation, but it wasn't helping. Next, medical professionals began to look for other another diagnosis. She didn't have any reflux in her knee and they started to think she might have SMA. We waited 3 months for test results and it finally was confirmed that Natalia has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1. Natalia doesn't sit by herself, she won't move from one side to another, and recently her head starts to drop. Today, she breaths on her own, but for how long?  I am a mom of 2 children who have disabilities. My older son has de Morsier syndrome diagnosis and laukoma. I had 4 prenatal tests and they didn't show any problems. I feel so helpless and I urgently need help. Please help me help my daughter. I need financial help to purchase special equipment for Natalia as well as begin rehabilitation. We can't afford it and she needs it as soon as possible.  She gets weaker every day.
Thank you very much for any help you can give us.
Sincerely,
Marlena Sabanty

Urodzila się w 27 lipca 2015 r.  Ciąża druga, poród naturalny, skala apgar 10. Była silna do 5tego miesiaca rozwijala sie jak zdrowe niemowlę. Przekręcala się na boki,  lezac na brzuchu podnosila wysoko głowę. W 6-tym miesiacu zachorowala na wirusa rsv co ją osłabiło. Przestała podnosić głowę. Niepokoiło mnie ze nie przekręca się na brzuch i odwrotnie. Wówczas lekarze podejrzewali obniżone napięcie mięśniowe. Była rehabilitowana nieefektywnie i zaczeli ja diagnozowac. Nie wykryto odruchow kolanowych i podejrzewano SMA. Na wyniki czekalismy 3 miesiace i potwierdzilo się najgorsze. Rdzeniowy zanik mięśni typu niemowlęcego. Natalka nie siedzi samodzielni, słabo przekreca się na boki. Oddycha samodzielnie, ale na jak dlugo zanim SMA odbierze jej oddech?  Jestem mama dwojki niepelnosprawnych dzieci. Starszy syn ma zespol de Morsiera i bielmo rogówki. Miałam 4 badania prenatalne i nie było wskazań do amniopunkcji. Wszystko było idealne. Jestem zrozpaczona i pilnie potrzebuję pomocy. Natalka slabnie szybko, bardzo szybko. Potrzebna jest rehabilitacja i sprzet rehabilitacyjny. Koszta sa nie na nasze mozliwosci finansowe. Dziekuje z gory dla wszystkich ktorzy nam pomoga. Z wyrazami szacunku Marlena Sabanty.



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  • Joanna Rodriguez
    • $22 
    • 7 yrs

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Karolina Homoleski
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Chicago, IL

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