Camila Gomezthe woman who at the end of April began a 1,300-kilometer walk to save her son Thomas Ross, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophyconfirmed this Saturday that They reached the 3.5 billion pesos they had as their goal.
«I’m still in shock, It’s not something easy to assimilate (…) It is proven that nothing is impossible«said the woman, from the O’Higgins Region, when reporting that the millionaire figure was achieved, which will allow her to insure her son – 5 years old – treatment in the United States with the drug Elevidysfrom the pharmaceutical company Sarepta (specializing in «rare diseases».
Camila Gómez confirmed that they met the goal for the medical treatment of her son Tomás Ross @T13 @Cooperative pic.twitter.com/Gq9plYVtGW
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In dialogue with CooperativeGómez thanked the «help of the Chilean people» and some people abroad to achieve the goal, indicating that «there was no million-dollar contribution, no such large contribution, but rather just grains of sand that managed to form a great mountain and that great mountain will lead me to be able to give my son an option«.
«He is doing very well, we told him today via video call that we achieved the goal. He was super happy, his little brother too, they were jumping on the bed,» said the woman, who reiterated her gratitude to «the people without political colors who were the people who helped us, who achieved this that seemed impossible«.
Likewise, he stated that although «all doors were closed to me before, «People opened a great window for me and are giving me an opportunity today.»so now they will move forward on that «treatment option that can give him (my son) another chance and a better quality of life«.
WILL CONTINUE ITS PATH TO THE CURRENCY
Despite reaching the goal, Camila Gómez confirmed that will continue walking to La Monedaas was initially stipulated, in support of Marcos Reyespresident of the Duchenne Families Chile Corporationwith whom he has made this journey.
«He goes with a clear idea, representing all families with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, here are more dads joining us today. There are many families, the exact calculation is not there, but around 800, with children with this disease,» analyzed Tomás’ mother.
«We have to fight for it and perhaps also for health in Chile, which It is a general disgust and discontent in Chile«, hill.