Appeal

Please help.

Help me to stand on my own feet, eat by myself, dress by myself, take a pen or a book in my hand. Or to go for a walk. I wish no more.
Although I'm already 29, I'm totally dependant on my parents' help (thank God for them). My parents have sacrificed all their free time, professional ambitions and health just for me, but they are getting older…
My name is Jacek. Since birth I have suffered from infantile cerebral palsy to a degree doctors consider severe. The symptoms of my condition are spasticity of all limbs, loss of balance, involuntary movements, and impediment of speech. As a result, I'm unable to do anything for myself. The worst thing is that I'm completely normal mentally and fully aware of my condition, still I can do nothing to change it.
I graduated from secondary school with honours, but so what? I am very well computer-literate (I passed ECDL), but so what? I am quite good at chess and I have many interests just like any normal healthy guy, but so what? The fact is that physically I am as helpless as a baby.
I recently consulted Professor Mirosław Ząbek, head of the Neurosurgical Clinic at the Warsaw hospital and a specialist in such cases. The Professor gave me some hope for a kind of independent life that I might have after electrostimulation, i.e. implanting microelectrodes into my brain, which would eliminate involuntary movements. In his opinion, I have a chance of regaining my balance and controlling purposeless movements. Unfortunately, the operation is not only complicated, but expensive - 100,000 PLN (approx. USD 30,000).
I don't have that much and I haven't had any luck on the lottery, either. My only hope is you, People of Good Will. If you would like to support a desperate young man in his fight for health and independence, please make a contribution to The Doctor Piotr Janaszek "Pay It Forward" Foundation (Fundacja im. Doktora Piotra Janaszka "PODAJ DALEJ") in Konin. This is where I am collecting funds for my operation.

PKO BP nr 36 1020 2746 0000 3502 0061 9627

I will be grateful for every single dolar.

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