Thank you to more donors!

Dear friends,

Here we are, back home. We're slowly getting back into the old routine and trying to make up for all the time we were away from Daddy! :-) We are really enjoying our city, as we await our next doctor appointment to check the status of my arm.

Meanwhile, we've received five more donations from people with big hearts:

Krasnaja
Topalović family
Ivana from Boston
Marin Mihaljić
and Petra-77

We are incredibly grateful to you all for your kindness, and love you lots!

Here's a photo of me taken in St Petersburg in Florida in front of the Serbian Church of St Sava.

Yours

Visit with Dr Nath

Dear friends,

I wanted to tell you how our visit went with Dr Nath.

The appointment was on Saturday, June 6th, in Orlando, Florida.

Dr Nath confirmed that I will need two surgeries (elbow and shoulder). Success is 90% guaranteed.

Dr Nath offered to operate on me at his Dubai clinic for 20,000 Euros for each surgery.

The operations need to be three months apart at a minimum, but if necessary I may have the second one a year or even later after the first, without affecting the outcome.

The most important thing is that we aren't too late in terms of my age.

Dr Nath reiterated that the operations do not touch my nerves and that, beyond the usual risks of surgery, there are no additional risks associated with these procedures.

Until then, the doctor said we should continue with my physical therapy, and he pointed out which exercises I should focus on, and where and how to best make use of electrical stimulation.

We've agreed to stay in touch, and keep him informed of our fund-raising progress, while hoping for the best.

Once again, thank you so much for thinking of us and for your good wishes, and for all of your donations which we've received so far.

Thank you also to Mayche who has made all this possible and who has been with us through thick and thin.

Yours,

Jana

We made it!

We've arrived in Boston! Tired but happy!

People with a big heart

Here is a list of all those who've sent donations so far, because I want you to know how many of you it took to make this trip possible:

-Babyshamble
-Babyshamble's husband
-Draganessa (several donations)
-Ninocka
-Nada_33
-Vlabac
-Petra77
-Orion_2005 (several donations)
-Tina_zzz
-Jelena70 (several donations)
-Mila123
-Nada Miskovic
-Shargarepa
-Oliver's mummy
-Masha111
-Sneksi
-Babydoll
-Ptica_prepelica
-Sneza, friend of Nada_33
-Mamicaitatica
-Bloom
-Naktarina
-Saadet
-Forum „kutak”
-Mamajac
-Venera
-Jovan Loncar
-Bi-kej
-Radenko Blazic
-Dragisa Djordjevic
-Danica Djokic
-Slavisa Karac
-Stjepa Nikolic
-Andja
-Republica
-Daca_83
-Tamara Tutnjevic
-Stanislav Strbac
-Marina Stanojevic
-Mirko Samardjija
-Olivera Pavlovic

THANK YOU!!! HVALA!!!

We're coming to America!

Dear friends, we have our US visas, we have our airline tickets, and we're off on Friday, May 8th! I'm so very grateful to everyone who has helped, I couldn't have even dreamed of seeing dr Nath without you! My gratitude in particular goes out to Ninocka and her husband, as well as Mayche, Babyshamble and her husband, but also Draganessa, and everyone else who has sent money and words of support to us! I love you all!

Yours,
Jana

Amazing news!

Thanks to Mayche from Serbian Café we’ve been able to get in touch directly with Dr Nath and he’s promised to help us out!

Dr Nath is visiting Florida in May and June and will be doing free patient evaluations. Mayche has invited us to stay with her and see the doctor for the consultation, because it certainly means so much more to see him in person. As it was, we had only spoken with answering machines and assistants. Mayche said she got the feeling this was a really kind man and was convinced he’d help us. And she was right: when she wrote to the hospital to request a formal invitation for the evaluation in Florida (which we need in order to get our US visas), Dr Nath replied personally and said he wants to see us and look at Jana personally. He also said he’d help us out as much as possible, and that he’d figure out a way to work it out for us.

Mayche and I were speechless, shaking with excitement and joy.

I can’t describe the feeling, I could not speak, I was just trembling and staring at Jana who was sleeping peacefully…

I couldn’t stop the tears, the only thing my husband and I kept saying was “God is hearing our prayers, we’ll save our Janka, we will!”

My one request to you all is if you could possibly help us out financially as much as you can, and forward the link to this blog to everyone you know, so we can raise as much money as possible and be ready to discuss the surgery with the doctor. Thank you all so much, dear friends, and thank you to the moderators at Serbian Café who’ve kept our story at the top of the page, because that’s where it all started.

Big kisses to all of you!

Jana’s Mum Milica

Here we are, back from Zlatibor! The treatments are over and we're very happy! I am using my arm so much more, and can raise it all the way above my mouth now, which I couldn't do before! I tell my Mum: "Look at this, Mummy, look what I can do!!"

But it wasn't easy, just so you know! When we first got there, I hated the electrotherapy, as you can see, but I soon got used to it.



I had a fantastic therapist named Vesna whom I fell in love with right away and my physician also amazed us with her dedication.



There was lots of snow on Zlatibor, it was just beautiful. My days, of course, were jam-packed with therapy and exercise. My favourite was the swimming pool!

Our only regret is that I caught a virus while we were there and had to miss therapy for a couple of days due to high fever, but that's all over now!

My mum, dad and I thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for making this trip to the Cigota Spa possible and for allowing me to make this progress in my treatment.

I love you all!