M. Zselyke and her family
Zselyke's life presented her family with unique challenges when she was just 3 months old, when they started attending a developmental neurological clinic. Despite her motor organ problems and microcephaly, Zselyke works real miracles every day. Although she started crawling, climbing, sitting up and walking later, now, at 3 years old, she struggles with speech and movement, but with the help of the early developer, she is trying to catch up.
K. Marcell and his family
Marci developed similarly to his peers until he was 15 months old. He was already standing and walking independently at the age of 10 months. Then he received a vaccination, after which he started walking on his toes 3 weeks later, and within a few days he lost his ability to walk and at the same time his balance.
Their neurologist at the time diagnosed him with cerebral palsy. They sent Marc for an MRI, which showed signs of oxygen deprivation. This gave the neurologist an explanation for his suspicion.
In Marcin, the vaccination activated a little-known genetic disorder called Aicardi-Goutieres 7 syndrome. Marcell is currently participating in the first drug study in Austria, which his parents learned about through an American group.
B. Gergely and his family
Gergő was born completely healthy at the 40th week of pregnancy, after an uneventful pregnancy. In the initial period, there were no abnormalities, but later the health visitor noticed that there was a delay in his motor development. Despite this, the doctors declared him healthy until he was 17 months old, giving the family a wrong diagnosis.
However, the parents were not comfortable with the uncertainty, so they requested a full examination. The examinations revealed that Gergő may have suffered from a lack of oxygen at birth, which caused ventricular dilation. As a result, a shunt had to be implanted.
Levente F. and his family
Levente is an extremely persistent and determined 13-year-old boy who struggles every day to overcome the difficulties he faced early in his life and become a successful athlete. Although he was born healthy, he suffered a central nervous system injury and moderate hearing loss after being given an incorrect course of antibiotics. These two factors have had a significant impact on Levente's movement and daily life.
G. Csenge and his family
After an uneventful pregnancy, Csenge was born. After giving birth, the family noticed that parts of Csenge's body were starting to turn blue. The parents knew that something was wrong. Csenge was transferred to the Heim Pál Children's Hospital, where her circulation collapsed. The little girl was transferred to the Gottsegen György National Cardiovascular Institute, where she underwent immediate life-saving surgery for 12 hours! (Complex Pulmonary Vein Transposition). The surgery was successful, but after the prolonged medical intervention, her little body was put under a great strain and her condition remained critical! Kidney failure, mechanical ventilation! It was a very long and stressful period in the family's life. After 3 months, they were able to go home from the hospital with regular medication.
H. Sarah and her family
Sarah's life began with an extraordinary struggle when she was just 23 weeks old and came into the world. Born with twins and extremely premature, life's beautiful moments were about struggle and determination from the very beginning. Before she was even born, she had to face a ventilator, CPAP, and other life-saving devices. She had to be resuscitated on the 14th day, and since then, her everyday life has been dominated by health challenges.
Sarah fought hard for her life, was in critical condition for weeks and suffered from numerous infections. But her determination and willpower in the fight triumphed, and after more than 100 days, she was finally released from the hospital.
I. Buttercup and her family
Buttercup developed beautifully after birth, there was nothing to indicate that she was not healthy.
At the age of 7 months, she had a febrile seizure and was admitted to the Children's Clinic. She was diagnosed with epilepsy. The tests began. Boglárka was one and a half years old when a genetic test diagnosed her with Wolf Hirshorn syndrome.
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS, 4p-) is a genetic disorder caused by a gene defect on the short arm of chromosome 4 or a translocation from it to another chromosome.
B. Abel and his family
Ábel has recently been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This is a severe, rare genetic disease that causes gradual muscle weakness, followed by complete muscle atrophy, eventually leading to total muscle wasting. There is a special gene therapy abroad that could stop this process, but it costs up to 1.3 billion forints.
Noémi M. and her family
Noémi is a special 3-year-old girl whose start in life has not been easy. She is the second child in the family, alongside a healthy 14-year-old brother. Noémi suffered a severe stroke at birth which left her with permanent damage, including brain atrophy. The brain injury also caused her to suffer from epileptic seizures, which she is trying to control with medication.
F. Döme and his family
Döme is a 2-year-old boy born from a compromised pregnancy at 28 weeks, by emergency caesarean section. He was born at just 990 grams and 38 cm. He was oxygen deprived as a foetus and was on a ventilator for some time after birth. He required oxygen until 10 weeks of age due to mild bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). A cranial ultrasound revealed that he had suffered a grade II and III stroke and required ventilation again at two weeks of age due to enterococcal sepsis.