Faenza (Ravenna), 23 April 2024 – “I sincerely thank all of you who have supported Sara, you were wonderful. At the moment the fundraiser has been stopped, if necessary we will reopen it. Thanks again to everyone”. This is the message written by dad Mattia And mother Maria on the Gofundme page dedicated to Sara Cantagalli, the 6 year old girl from Faenzawho was diagnosed with one at three years old rare form of tumor, a fourth stage neuroblastoma for which he underwent cycles of chemotherapy for years. Then the interruption of chemo.
“Unfortunately there is nothing more that can be done – her father wrote in a post on the web –. Her disease resists chemo and continuing this therapy would only serve to weigh Sara down even more, because her small body cannot he no longer receives anything, and suffers a lot.”
First of all, there was a person who made himself available for the little girl volunteer who calls himself ‘The Children’s Santa Claus‘, originally from Veneto and resident in Taglio di Po (Rovigo), met by his family during the flood that brought the city of Faenza to its knees.
After the suspension of treatment he published on the Facebook page Sara’s last wishes, asking everyone for help to fulfill them. And off it went solidarity competition. Skiing, growing flowers in a nursery, going to Disneyland, visiting the zoo in Rome, the aquarium in Genoa, or going to Gardaland: these are some of Sara’s wishes that will be fulfilled. “Good evening everyone, I am very pleased to announce that Sara’s wishes have all been fulfilled – the volunteer writes on social media – and that the total raised is 117,433 euros. So all accounts in Sara’s parents’ names will be closed between today and tomorrow. the objective has been achieved “.” I want to thank all of Italy for being close to Sara and her family – the post continues -, because no one would have ever imagined that she could close Sara’s list in such a short time. Now Sara’s parents and I will draw up the calendar of all the dates, we have also given opportunities to people who wanted to repeat the wish more than once, such as horse riding, the helicopter, the party with lots of children, the castle, and the princess and the photoshoot. To be fair, I also tell you that, if Sara has any other wishes we will let you know assuming only that there are no more funds, and that Sara will be satisfied in everything from now on. Sara doesn’t always have good days because her pain bothers her, therefore we will ‘measure’ the events based on Sara’s condition and they will be carried out in the order she decides. Every time there is a wish I will post a photo for transparency of the wish fulfilled.” “Now – writes the volunteer – we must think about entertaining our and your princess Sara, because she deserves to be happy, and I won’t leave her for any reason in the world and as long as she wants I will stay close to her, whatever happens and at any cost. Even tonight we will be together as always, and tonight I will inform Sara that thanks to many good elves she will fulfill all her wishes, and speaking of this, I inform you that when Sara goes to Disneyland she will stay a few more days because some special people will take her on a tour of Paris and the most popular places. I also want to thank all the people who contacted me on Facebook, normal people, famous people, entrepreneurs, mothers and fathers who know what it means to lose a child, all the parents of my children that I have lost in these 22 years who have given so much, and sports figures. I remind you that at the behest of Sara’s mother and father – concludes the volunteer – if the money raised is no longer needed (hopefully as late as possible) it will be donated to other children and families in difficulty, reporting the remaining amount and to whom it will be donated. Thank you all I love you so much.”
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