The situation in Porgy Salming quickly worsened since he developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Daughter Teresa Salming went to Canada and bought brake medicine but it was stopped at Swedish customs.
Days pass and days disappear. Every day is like ten years for my father. It’s a disaster now, Theresa Salming tells Expressen.
In Sweden, there is only one Bronze approved for ALS.
Where Puree Salming Soon the pathology worsened, so the daughter Theresa Salming went to Canada to buy the drug Albrioza, which was recently approved there.
The drug was prescribed to Teresa Salming but was stopped at Swedish customs.
Right now, you feel hopeless and helpless, nothing falls into place anywhere. It’s just a complication after complications, says Theresa Salming.
Received incorrect information
When Expressen was in contact with the Swedish Medicines Agency, it turned out that it would have worked if she had brought the drug on the plane instead of in the mail.
– If only we had this information from the start. I spoke to the Swedish Medicines Agency, and that was the first thing I did. I called them at the end of August before we left and was connected to the department dealing with medicine from abroad. Then we stayed another two days and got it ourselves from the pharmacy, says Ms. Pia Salming.
They are now considering returning to Canada, but it is not easy for them to leave due to Porgy Salming’s serious illness.