Who is Alan, the boy from Cordoba who has Messi’s illness and dreams of meeting him
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Jan Valentin Akuna This child 7-year-old child from Córdoba with the same condition as Lionel Messi spent most of his childhood: growth hormone deficiency. In recent weeks he has written a moving video that went viral due to its message to the player.
“Hello, good afternoon. I want to tell you a little about myself story”, begins the production of a minor, where he synthetically explains his state, similar to the state of Messi:“I was born premature, I have a growth deficiency, I inject myself with a hormone that helps me grow for more than a year, because mine does not allow me to do this.“.
He then claimed: “I know that Messi had the same disease as me and that’s why they call him “La Pulga”.‘”. Meanwhile, he revealed that his nickname is “La Bloch”, and expressed his biggest dream, and sent a special message to “10”.
“I dream that Messi will send me a greeting and tell me how he managed to come to terms with all these hormones, and I hope that I will have the opportunity to grow on my own.he said as his mother wrote down the shots he gets every night on a chart.
However, Alan dreams of becoming an astronaut when he grows up and he likes the activities that they give him at school. His mother, Jimena, told in dialogue with telefe that the disease was diagnosed when the child was 5 years old because he was “less than premature”.