Let's give Svitlana a chance to recover!

There were tons of joy and happiness when the Melnikov family gave birth to the twin girls: two wonderful daughters Tetiana and Svitlanka. But something went wrong, and after the cesarean section, Svitlanka was taken to the resuscitation department of the maternity clinic. The week in convulsions... Doctors only shrug their shoulders! They said that we had to accept that the child would never be like her sister. However, her mother did not want to put up with it. And she continued looking for opportunities to cure Svitlana of such condition. When the daughter was transferred to the regional hospital, the convulsions stopped, the child began to breathe on her own and recover.

There were tons of joy and happiness when the Melnikov family gave birth to the twin girls: two wonderful daughters Tetiana and Svitlanka. But something went wrong, and after the cesarean section, Svitlanka was taken to the resuscitation department of the maternity clinic. The week in convulsions... Doctors only shrug their shoulders! They said that we had to accept that the child would never be like her sister. However, her mother did not want to put up with it. And she continued looking for opportunities to cure Svitlana of such condition. When the daughter was transferred to the regional hospital, the convulsions stopped, the child began to breathe on her own and recover.

However, during the period of resuscitation, irreversible changes have occurred, and in order to overcome the consequences, there is a need to lead an ordinary lifestyle and fight the pathological reflexes. For seven years Svitlanka with her mother has undergone treatment in various cities of Ukraine, like Truskavets, Kyiv, Netishyn, Khmelnytsky, Odesa, Rivne, and others. And after each rehabilitation, Svilanka shows positive dynamics. However, the most remarkable progress happens after the Kozyavkin International Rehabilitation Clinic. The rehabilitation courses are quite expensive, and the mother, who takes care of her four children herself, simply cannot afford this treatment.

Today, Svitlanka can sit on her own, actively communicates, can compose small sentences, knows how to pray and can count up to ten. She bends down, tries to walk, but with the help of others, as it is still difficult to keep the balance. For constant positive dynamics and full-fledged life, regular rehabilitation and logopedic correctional classes are extremely necessary, that is not cheap today. Therefore, the mother asks to help continue treating her daughter! 

Name: Melnyk Svitlana, 04.04.2012

City: Bila Krynytsia village, Rivne region

Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, static tetraparesis, psychoverbal and statokinetic developmental delay