When Filip was two years old, he was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a disease that causes tumors to gow in nerves. Then last year, the boy learned that he also had leukemia. But in spite of months of chemotherapy and stem cell transplants, the boy’s doctors were unable to save him.
Finally, doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London gave Filip palliative care and concentrated on relieving him of pain as much as possible in the final stages of life.
Filip’s case has received considerable attention in the UK because of his wish to be buried next to his mother, Agnieszka, in her coffin. Filip’s mom died of cancer at the age of 33 when Filip was just two years old. She was buried in Poland, and the cost to ship Filip’s body there is too much for Filip’s father, Piotr, who is on disability due to a back injury and diabetes. So Piotr decided to start a fund online, hoping to get some help paying for his son’s last wish.
The goal was to collect £6,500 ($8,000). But just hours after Piotr started his campaign, the fund reached £23,000 ($28,500.) Piotr is in shock over all the help he has received from the public.
Before he left, Filip shared a message from his hospital bed.
“Thanks for helping make my wish come true,” the little boy said, according to The Mirror.
Filip passed away last Friday at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England.
Rest in peace, Filip ❤️
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