Andrei Fagurel - English

This is how it all started…

Andrei was born on the 02nd of March 2006 in Bucharest, Romania, with esophageal atresia and tracheo-esophageal fistula. He was transfered in the “Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Hospital for Children and was operated on starting from the first day of his life. He was operated for 4 times during the first 11 days of life, and after each operation he developed life threatening complication.
If you want to read what we were felling in those moments, please press here.

The transfer

After one month and 18 days, time in which Andrei was stationed on the Intensive Care Unit and mechanically vetilated almost all the time, and his overall condition was worsening, we requested that Andrei was transferred to Klinikum Bremen Mitte in Bremen, Germany. On the 20th of April 2006 he left, together with his mommy towards Germany, with a dedicated medical plane of German Air Rescue (DRF).
If you want to read about the transport and about the month when Andrei’s life truly began, please press here.

The recovery

In order to be able to enjoy life’s wonders, Andrei was operated on another two times in Germany. Still, what was damaged in Romania cculd not be fixed yet. However, Andrei recovered, even though his condition had ups and downs.
You can read about the hard way Andrei went followed by selecting the month you want to read about from the Archive section on the right side of this page.

Now

After 11 months of continuous hospitalization (out of which 9 months and a half only in the Intensive Care Units from Bucharest, Bremen and Munich), Andrei finally came HOME. It’s not the home that was planned initially (we all moved to Munich because we were unable to withstand the financial costs anymore, and the German health insurance proved to be MUCH MORE real that the Romanian health insurance, which refused to help its 2 months - at the time - old client).
You can always read News about how Andrei is doing by visiting the News section of this website.

A smile is priceless

The hospitalization in Germany during which we were still Romanian residents and insured in Romania left us with an invoice of € 161 775. Still, a lot of people with really big hearts supported Andrei in his fight to survive. Without this help, he would have not made it. You can see the current financial situation in the Financial section on the right side of the page.

What’s next…

Andrei’s long road doesn’t stop here. He is determined to move forward. This has become even more difficult though because of the mistakes made at the begining of his treatment. But there are still good chances for him. Andrei lost the chance to grow his own esophagus, but there are other options of constructing an esophagus out of another type of tissue.
Being advised by some of the best doctors, we are trying to find the best option for Andrei. Now, we are currently we are putting in balance the following options: jejunal interposition, gastric transposition and colonic interposition. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages, but it’s important that we try to find the best way for Andrei, out of the existing possibilities.

About this website

This website is dedicated to Andrei, to the people that helped him be, and to those who want to find out more about his troubled life, in order to give him a little help or to send a warm thought.
Also, we hope this website will represent an information source and moral support for those who are going through difficult situations, similar to ours.

Discution forum and contact

We invite you to discuss with us on the forum for friends, http://befriends.seek-on.com.

If you want to contact us, you can press here.