Only two weeks after he won his first Olympic medal – Silver – at the Tokyo Olympics, Thravelin Thrower Polish Maria Andrejczyk put his ownership to be auctioned when he saw the face of Miloszek Malysa eight months old.
The baby has serious heart disease and requires urgent operation.
Hospitals in several European countries have refused to carry out surgery in infants, indigenous Poland residents, considering the nature of complicated operations.
The final hope of the family now is the Stanford University Medical Center in the US which can do surgery to save lives.
However, the operation will cost.
Miloszek’s parents, therefore, runs online fundraising for their children because they need 1.5 million Zloty Polish ($ 385,000) for its operations.
When time ticking and fundraising can only increase the number, parents update their posts.
When time ticking, Miloszek’s parents renewed their posts: “Miloszek conditions drastically deteriorated – urgent operation needed!” That’s when Maria contributes.
“Miloszek has a serious heart defect and he needs an immediate operation.
He already has the beginning of the cube – a boy who doesn’t make it on time but the extraordinary parents decide to continue the funds they collect.
This is how I want to do.
help too.
For him that I was auctioning my Olympic silver medal, “Maria wrote on her Facebook page.
“It didn’t take long for me to decide, it was the first fundraising I entered and I knew it was right,” 25 years of weaving, who survived cancer.
The Poland supermarket chain, Zabka Polska, won auction for a medal with an offer of $ 125,000.
However, Zabka decided to give the silver medal back to Maria and donate a large amount of money so that Miloszek can have other opportunities in life.
“We were touched by a beautiful and very noble movement made by Ms.
Maria.
We also decided that the silver medal from Tokyo would stay with her.
We are glad we can contribute,” Zabka was posted.
Maria has missed a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics with only 2 cm.
In 2018, he was diagnosed with bone cancer and at that time his dream won a medal at the Tokyo Olympics seemed far away.
He did not need chemotherapy but the operation was carried out and gradually he recovered.
In the Tokyo match, he threw 64.61 m to win the silver medal behind the winner of the China Gold Medal Shiying Liu (66.34m).
Even though his appearance in Tokyo was close to his heart, Maria decided to put auction medal to save life.
“The real value of the medal always remains in the heart.
Medal is just an object, but it can be very valuable to others.
This silver can save lives, instead of collecting dust in the closet.
That’s why I decided to auction to help the sick children , “he said.
At present, the fundraising page has raised more than 90 percent of its purpose and will reach the last number.
Oly silver medal auction for funding baby surgery
