Ivan Klasnić, a 45-year-old legendary Croatian football player, is facing serious health problems that began in 2005. years when doctors diagnosed severe kidney damage.
Behind him are as many as three kidney transplants, all started a doctor’s mistake from Werderwhich has changed his life forever.
Big struggle
During a football career, he had to take medications that further worsened his kidney’s condition, which he commented on himself:
It is difficult to play without them at a high level. I think no professional sports can be played without pain funds. If I knew I had problems, I would never take them. Of course I’m angry. What I went through I wouldn’t want anyone.
After the bad findings in mid-2005, at the end of next year, doctors decided to have to first transplant. The first kidney gave him his mother, but he didn’t work. After eight weeks, a new operation and the transplantation of the father’s kidney, with whom Klasic managed to live for almost ten years.
Klasnic won the court in court after 13 years of legal struggle, received a million compensation
Third transplantu experienced 2017and the new kidney received from the deceased woman:
I received the third kidney in 2017. From one woman who died, Unfortunately I never met her. She was older two years from me. That kidney I have today. The transplantation was 17.10. And I celebrate that day like another birthday.
“Who knows how long will I live for a long time”
Over the years of exhausting therapies and complications his body was significantly weakened, and the virus that was over caused by him Hair loss. Klasnic believes that everything may be different that the doctors of Werder reacted in a timely manner and did not rewrite his harmful drugs for the already damaged kidneys.
That’s why it’s sued by club and doctor 2007 And after several years, the legal battle was given a verdict, which was declared the guilt of the doctor and the club that must pay him four million euros. Despite the judicial victory, it says: No money you make money can return your health.
Who knows how long I will live. Should be grateful, even when you’re sick and you have to drink medications, you can still live this life, He said Klasnić in the ARD documentary film Hirschhausen und der Schmerz.
Klasnic performed in his career for Werder, Nantes, St. Pauli and BoltonAnd he left an indelible trail in the Croatian national team for which he scored 12 goals in 41 performances. In particular, his goal of Turkey on EUR 2008 will remain remembered, although Croatia then failed to reach the historical medal.
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