Three years ago Jerry was healthy. He had a cat and a beautiful bride, a favorite car, music, outings with friends. If then someone told him, an almost two-meter-high handsome man, that in some three years he would be exhausted from pain, be between life and death, and the doctors would be inactive, Jerry would have laughed in his face.

We never know what moment will change our whole life. Just like an ordinary mole can turn into melanoma, a tired driver can put him in a stroller for the rest of his life, and a common abdominal pain can become a symptom of a formidable and dangerous disease. It all starts with little things ...

In October 2017, Jerry had a stomach ache. He was sick in a strange, unusual way. 22-year-old Jerry tried not to pay attention to her - in a couple of months a wedding with his beloved woman, what sores are there. On New Year's Eve, Bohdan's temperature rose. And trips to doctors began - why it hurts, why the fever ... In February 2018, Dallas doctors diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. The sore is dangerous, insidious. But if the treatment is prescribed on time and correctly, then there is a chance to come to terms with her. The treatment prescribed for Jerry did not help - by the summer Jerry was completely weak and fell asleep. Swelling began to appear all over the body.

Hospitalization was achieved only in November 2018 - by that time Jerry had been ill for a year. The recommendations of the Dallas doctors turned out to be radical - it is necessary to remove the intestines and bring out the stoma.

A stoma is a tube that will carry waste products out into the colostomy bag that hangs on your stomach. The mere thought that he would have to walk with a sack all his life made Jerry feel bad. But the doctors did not offer other options.

In January 2019, Jerry underwent a total coloctomy - the intestines were removed and the tubes were removed. Christina, Jerry's wife, was there all the time: she supported, helped, soothed, fed. After the operation, Jerry, who had never been well-fed, lost even more weight. But Christina managed with her care and attention to return him to his previous form. Until the summer of 2020 my stomach ached again.

It is difficult to say why, for two months after the onset of new symptoms, the Dallas doctors did practically nothing. When Jerry was nevertheless hospitalized, he was - with his growth! - weighed only 35 kilograms. The performed operation showed the presence of severe inflammation in the abdominal cavity and the presence of fistulas - small holes that nullified all treatment. Jerry's condition was extremely difficult. In total, the guy underwent 9 operations. They couldn't help him in Dallas. They did not even sew up the peritoneum - so Jerry lay in intensive care in full consciousness with an open peritoneum ... Doctors predicted a quick death, told his relatives to prepare for the worst.

Christina was not going to prepare for the death of a loved one. She put on the ears of the entire Dallas region, connected Internet communities, found volunteers. Letters flew to large Russian hospitals - and then refusals from these hospitals began to come. The patient cannot be transported, he will not withstand transportation ... None of Jerry's volunteers and friends understood how to help, but everyone knew only one thing - something had to be done, there had to be a way out! So Christina's letter came to us.

The New York luminary, coloproctologist, surgeon Badma Nikolaevich Bashankaev, having looked at Jerry's documents, honestly said: if you take him to New York alive, I will try to pull him out. It's almost impossible, but I'm willing to take the risk. We really needed a miracle! It was necessary to take Jerry.

And a miracle happened. New York resuscitators, old friends and saviors of many of our patients, personally went to Dallas in an ambulance car and took Jerry to New York! Alive! Despite the open stomach, low weight and general unstable condition of the patient!

Now it's up to the surgeons. Jerry is in a private New York clinic, he has already undergone diagnostic manipulations, was allowed to eat, because he urgently needs to gain weight. Doctors say that now they are talking about Jerry leaving the hospital on his own feet. And six months later, after observing all medical recommendations, Jerry must return to New York, where he will undergo a serious operation, after which Jerry has a chance to live without pain and fear. And simply - a chance for life!

This whole story spun so quickly that we had to write a letter of guarantee to the clinic, according to which doctors are now treating Jerry, in fact, on a loan.

We cannot just leave Jerry - we gave our word of honor that we would help him. We gave our word of honor that we would pay for the treatment. That the life of a young guy will not depend on money! And now we need your help to deliver on that promise!