{"id":4494,"date":"2026-01-14T20:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/lets-help-marina-who-is-fighting-a-serious-illnes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:49:11","slug":"lets-help-marina-who-is-fighting-a-serious-illnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/lets-help-marina-who-is-fighting-a-serious-illnes\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s help Marina who is fighting a serious illnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We received information from one of our readers who asked us to share: \u201cHelp Marina fight ALS and stay by her son\u2019s side.\u201d<br \/>Marina Mati\u0107 (born 1980) from Leskovac is a single mother to a five-year-old boy and also cares for her blind sister \u017daklina. She was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and incurable disease that gradually robs her of mobility and speech. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"745\">Marina is experiencing symptoms such as difficulty swallowing, weakness in her arm and leg, and increasing difficulty performing basic daily activities. Her doctors prescribed Edaravone, but the medication is not covered by insurance (\u20ac1,000 per vial). Her only real chance is stem cell therapy in Beijing, which costs \u20ac26,000.  <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4488\" src=\"https:\/\/frommk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/108f8860-82a5-4b98-8c11-464c30cc6fe3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frommk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/108f8860-82a5-4b98-8c11-464c30cc6fe3.jpg 384w, https:\/\/frommk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/108f8860-82a5-4b98-8c11-464c30cc6fe3-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4490\" src=\"https:\/\/frommk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c72ce39d-b0f8-465a-82f6-fa403b23831f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frommk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c72ce39d-b0f8-465a-82f6-fa403b23831f.jpg 384w, https:\/\/frommk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c72ce39d-b0f8-465a-82f6-fa403b23831f-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"929\">ALS progresses rapidly, and Marina\u2019s greatest fear is that she will no longer be able to care for her son and sister. Every euro and every act of support brings her closer to life-saving treatment. <\/p>\n<p>Donations can be made through the following<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/pomozimo-marini-da-se-izbori-sa-alsom-i-ostane-uz-svog-sina\"> link:<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"983\">The Mati\u0107 family sincerely thanks everyone for their support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: The portal and the entire editorial team disclaim any financial or legal responsibility regarding donations; all support is made solely at the donor\u2019s personal discretion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received information from one of our readers who asked us to share: \u201cHelp Marina fight ALS and stay by her son\u2019s side.\u201dMarina Mati\u0107 (born 1980) from Leskovac is a single mother to a five-year-old boy and also cares for her blind sister \u017daklina. She was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-america"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frommk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}