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Meet Alexey, one of the most inspirational young boys you’ll come across. As one of our generous supporters, I know you’ll be moved by his incredible journey.
Alexey was just a fragile one month old baby when his parents got the frightening news. He’d had a stroke which caused bleeding in the brain and a tumour was discovered growing in his abdomen. Despite two operations, including brain surgery, Alexey failed to develop like other babies. He wasn’t moving much, and his distraught parents knew something was wrong with the left side of his body. By 17 months of age, Alexey was having hundreds of seizures every day.
“He was regressing with the seizures and by four years old, he was back to being like a newborn,” his mum Anna said.
The only cure was to undergo more frightening surgery to remove half of his brain. Alexey was only the second person in WA to undergo a complex hemispherectomy to remove the damaged right hemisphere of his brain. The surgery went well and afterwards Alexey began to thrive, but it took three years of intensive rehab for him to learn how to walk, talk and move his left arm.
Alexey was the first child in Australia to use a state-of-the-art robotic arm, funded by the Foundation, to strengthen his muscles and regain the use of his left arm.
The Australian-first technology helped turn Alexey’s life around produced stunning results in WA kids undergoing rehabilitation, helping a generation of kids gain movement in their upper limbs and changing their lives for the better. For Alexey, the robotic technology set him on the path to sporting glory.
Regaining the use of his left arm meant he could take part in hydrotherapy and learn how to swim. Discovering a love for the activity, he progressed from rehab to competitive swimming and hasn’t looked back.
As part of a national swimming squad of his club, Alexey competes nationally and in recent years won multiple state para championships. He holds five Australian swimming records for his age. At 16, Alexey’s future looks bright as he sets his sights set on making the Australian Paralympics squad.
While his left arm will never function as well as his right and he lives with cerebral palsy and vision loss, Alexey has embraced a life filled with happiness and joy.
“People want to give for a cure but sometimes we can’t fix things and we need to learn to live with it. It’s very important to support children and families who have fought so hard to survive and give those children the best care and the best opportunities in life,” said Anna.
Your support today will mean the world to these children and families, helping reduce the burdens they face.
Technology is rapidly evolving, and a more advanced robotic arm is coming soon to PCH to take upper limb rehabilitation to the next level. We need your support more than ever to continue helping these special children with the latest cutting-edge equipment, like the robotic arm.
You can make a big difference right now.
Your tax-deductible gift by June 30 will be matched by a generous donor to fund the life-changing medical equipment and technology, to give other children like Alexey the best possible care so they can live life to the fullest.
