Together for Santiago
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Together for Santiago

Santiago needs a new transport seat.

  • 3119

    raised

    104% of 3 000€

    162 backers

  • 10/01/2022

    Expired on

  • Completed

    This project has been successfully funded

Santiago needs a new transport seat.

My son has a very rare genetic syndrome, MECP2 Duplication Syndrome, which has several associated symptoms, developmental delay, both motor and cognitive, does not walk alone, does not speak, has respiratory problems, because he is hypotonic he has very respiratory infections. frequent, has sleep apnea and therefore has to sleep ventilated by a b-pap. He was recently diagnosed with epilepsy, which is not yet under control.

From a very early age, we bet on their rehabilitation. At 8 months I was already attending several therapies and over the years we have been looking for more and new therapies. It has gone very well, Santi has already taken a few steps, he learned to communicate through a communication notebook, which started to be insufficient and we started a new form of communication, PODD, which will allow Santi to communicate with us in the long term. . It has an almost perfect posture. All these therapies together weigh too heavily on our family budget, they are not reimbursed, but what keeps us hopeful is the fantastic results he has had over the years.

Despite all the bad moments, Santiago has a physical development equal to any other child. The adapted cart that Santi has is getting too small and we need to buy another one.

The objective of this campaign is to acquire the chair so that Santi can have even more superpowers. After all, not all superheroes use their legs to walk, some use their super chairs.

Santiago nas terapias

About the author

My name is Patrícia Faria and I'm Santiago's mother.

In addition to taking care of Santiago, I have a job like any other mother and I have another older daughter. About a year ago I also became a caregiver for my father, who is bedridden. We have struggled a lot to be able to give the maximum support to Santiago and to meet the normal expenses of a family of 6 people, as well as being able to pay for all the therapies that Santiago needs.

I have learned a lot with my son, if at the beginning I was focused only on the negative points, I can now say that it was thanks to my family situation that I became what I am today. If it's difficult, yes, but I just want to know if it's possible. And for Santiago, anything is possible. I am grateful that I learned to be resilient and to be grateful for all the little achievements he has given us.

Budget and due dates

Pediatric transport chair €2648.46

 

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    5€ or more

    Thanks!

    All support is welcome, with this amount you will receive a very special thanks from the entire Santiago family.

    58 backers

  • biscuit keyring

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    10€ or more

    biscuit keyring

    Contribute 10€ and receive a key ring made in biscuit by Santiago's mother.

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    67 backers

  • Mini biscuit crib

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    25€ or more

    Mini biscuit crib

    Contribute €25 and receive a mini crib made of biscuit.

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    20 backers

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Thu, 13/01/2022 - 16:43

Payout completed

The raised funds have been transferred to the campaign owner

10/01/2022

Campaign ended

The campaign successfully raised the initial target

Sat, 25/12/2021 - 01:11

100% reached

WE DID IT! We met our initial target but the fundraising can continue

Sun, 19/12/2021 - 12:13

50% reached

We've just achieved half the target! The glass is now more full than empty ;)

Thu, 16/12/2021 - 13:19

We're now 20

We reached the first 20 backers. Let's keep up!

Thu, 16/12/2021 - 12:40

First five backers

We've gathered the first 5 backers. Hurray!

Campaign launched

07/12/2021

162 members of the PPL community
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