Life means pain for seven-year-old Javier Micallef who was born without a large portion of his brain and had to face countless, surgeries, injections and hospital visits.

“He links life to pain and, every now and then he hurts himself to know he is living… He would, for example, bang his head against a door. We are hoping to change this with a new therapy available in the UK. It can help him change this connection,” his parents Dorelle and Dennis Micallef said.

This interactive metronome therapy is offered at Praxis Therapy Centre, a private clinic in York. But the couple do not have the €14,000 to cover the three weeks of intensive therapy, accommodation and flights.

Puttinu Cares Foundation offered to help them but is not in a position to cover the full amount.

His parents have been determined to ensure he lives as complete a life as possible so he started attending therapy since he was six months.

Anyone who wishes to contact the Micallef family can do so by sending an e-mail on dendorjav@hotmail.com or calling 9989 0783.

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