Xavier Pudovkin: Young Australian cancer patient given the opportunity to meet hero Matildas players

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Xavier Pudovkin: Young *********** ******* patient given the opportunity to meet hero Matildas players

An Adelaide boy who is receiving treatment for a rare childhood ******* met the Matildas players before their journey to the Paris Olympics.

Xavier Pudovkin, 6, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma – a form of ******* that starts in nerve cells – when he was three years old.

After having some success with 18 months of treatments, he entered remission. However, six months later his family were told his long-term survival dropped to 20 per cent, so they began exploring ***** trials overseas.

Xavier’s story touched the heart of Sam Weidenhofer, a social media content creator with The Thank You Agency, who had been planning a morning tea between the Matildas and a special person in need.

Around the same time, Weidenhofer came across the Pudovkin family and thought they deserved the opportunity.

Camera IconA social media agency set up a meeting between The Matildas and Xavier. Credit: Samuel Weidenhofer/itssozer

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

“It was very special and just so amazing to bring joy to Danielle’s family and Xavier,” Weidenhofer said.

Weidenhofer filmed Xavier meeting with the Matildas and posted it to social media, where it has attracted 20,000 likes and almost 200 comments.

Xavier’s mother, Danielle said the family watched all the Matildas games during the Women’s World Cup.

She said the meeting was an “amazing” experience for her son.

“They were really interested in Xavier and his story so they were asking questions and they interacted with the whole family as well,” she said.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconDanielle Pudovkin said Xavier had an amazing experience with the Matildas. Credit: 7NEWS

Xavier is again *******-free after receiving further treatment under a ***** trial in the ******* States, but Danielle said she’s extremely nervous that he may relapse again.

The family will be travelling to New York over the next three years, sometimes as often as every three months, so Xavier can continue receiving treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) ******* Centre.

When they began the trial, they had to pay the hospital $320,000 to start treatment. They have set up two online fundraisers to help them manage the costs of treatment and travel.

The Matildas have further committed to donating $100 every time they score a goal to help grow Xavier’s funds

“That’s one thing I’ve found through this experience, how kind absolute strangers are and they just want to help Xavier.”

-with Tom Johnson.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Xavier #Pudovkin #Young #*********** #******* #patient #opportunity #meet #hero #Matildas #players

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

For verified travel tips and real support, visit: https://hopzone.eu/