Vixens Malta MALTA - 10th Year Anniversary

Date: Saturday 12 thJuly
Meeting: 19:00 Ta’ Qali Farmer’s Market (Opposite the animal welfare animal hospital, near il-gabbana tal-Amerikan)
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Ride leaves: 20:00
Riding to: Saint Patrick's Club House, Zabbar
€5 donation per motorbike towards little Tessa.

Tessa is a bright and resilient 3-year-old girl living with Nemaline Myopathy. This rare neuromuscular disease affects muscle strength, meaning Tessa needs specialized interventions to help her with movement, speech, eating, swallowing, and breathing. Being the only one with NM in Malta adds extra layers of complexity to her care and access to specialists, sometimes even necessitating trips abroad to receive the help she needs.

Despite these daily challenges, Tessa is an incredibly bright and curious child who loves learning and time with her family. Her days are filled with school and therapies like DMI (Dynamic Movement Intervention), speech, and occupational therapy to help her with movement and communication. Living with NM has significantly altered Tessa’s family’s life. She requires a lot of care, including feeding through a jejunum tube and the use of specialized equipment like a cough assist, BiPAP during rest, and suctioning. Because her weakened muscles make it difficult to breathe or cough effectively, she uses these specialized machines to help her, preventing serious, life-threatening complications like pneumonia that can evolve from something as simple as the common cold.

Help us in helping Tessa.