Twelve Year Old Eugene may have Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome. He needs a comprehensive examination and medical treatment for his condition.

At age four, Gene fell from a slide and dislocated his hip. Since then he has not been able to walk. At the time, x-rays showed that he already had fractures, but they had fused together. Now fractures occur more frequently and when they fuse together they form blisters resembling tumors. No one has been able to figure out the cause of the fractures and fissures that occur even when Gene is sitting quietly. Fistulas have formed in his muscle tissue. Doctors in Krasnodar, St. Petersburg, and Moscow gave different diagnoses: arthritis, osteolysis (bone softening), osteogenesis ("glass" bones), but then excluded them. Gene suffered through anesthesia thirteen times, his legs are deformed, one is shorter than the other, he cannot walk. American specialists became familiar with our case and began to suspect a rare genetic disease. They’re ready to examine our son. It costs a lot of money, which our family doesn’t have. But it’s important for us to understand what is wrong with Gene and to f