Physical therapy is crucial to help brothers Anas and Khaldoun walk again and return to school

AMOUNT NEEDED   1,217 JOD for three months

Brothers Anas and Khaldoun need your help to start walking again, and they require the following as soon as possible:

JOD

720  Physical therapy sessions / 12 sessions per month for each Anas and Khaldoun

382  Medical equipment, including the following:

                Manual medical bed

                Medical anti-ulcer mattress

                Medical solutions holder

                Dining table

                Weights to strengthen muscles 1/4 kilo

                Weights to strengthen muscles 1/2 kilo

                Training rubber

                Training ball

                Medium sized ball

                Disposable draw sheet

                Training mat 

                Stress ball to strengthen the muscles of the hands

                A pressure ball to strengthen the muscles of the hands, small size

                Tissues

65    Multivitamin & minerals (2 boxes for 2 months - 120 tablets / box)

50    Genetic tests for both Anas and Khaldoun

** We would like to thank the City Therapy Center for Physical Therapy for the discount they gave us to help the case of Anas and Khaldoun.

** The remaining treatment costs will be covered by Musa Al Saket Center in the near future.

Anas & Khaldoun’s STORY

Khaldoun, 17 years old, and his brother Anas, 11 years old, live with their mother and six siblings in a modest house, receiving a very small monthly income of roughly 200 JOD.

Khaldoun's story began at the age of one when his temperature rose and it became clear that he had meningitis, so he was isolated for 14 days in the hospital, after which his condition stabilized, and he returned home. A year later, he faced difficulty walking and he received some specialized care but remained the same for a year until he was unable to walk completely. Khaldoun underwent an operation to lengthen the tendons at the request of a specialist doctor, but unfortunately, he was left completely paralyzed.

As for his younger brother, Anas, he stopped walking suddenly without any disease or prior warning at the age of four, so his mother took him to the doctor, and several examinations and x- rays were taken, and the result was atrophy in the muscles, so he began to carry out daily tasks while walking on his hands only.

Anas and Khaldoun were not born with this disability. There has to be an underlying condition causing this that only a genetic examination can show.

After visiting the specialist doctor with the community contributor to examine Anas and Khaldoun, the doctor explained to us that there is hope for the two children to regain their ability to walk and continue their lives normally. After the first three months of physical therapy sessions, an assessment will determine if there was improvement - in which the sessions will be extended for a year. During the physical therapy sessions, the therapist will explain and teach the mother of Anas and Khaldoun about the correct way to deal with her children and take care of them to increase her knowledge of their illness and how to help them with their exercises.

Physical therapy at the present time is very necessary, as avoiding it will lead to ulcers and intestinal failure, as well as failure of the internal body systems, and a certain possibility of increasing the possibility of complete paralysis.

Anas and Khaldoun's mother felt reassured after the specialist doctor's visit, and she was thrilled that hope truly exists for her boys.

Through your help and support in covering the costs of treatment for a period of three months, you will be a big part in achieving a dream that the children and their mother have been waiting for for a long time. The remaining treatment costs will be covered by Musa Al Saket Center in the near future.