let's help Nastia get rid of pain

Now Nastia does not talk, cannot walk and sit, she has terrible pains and cramps, bakes feet, she cannot even bend her legs. This little girl is in a supine position all the time. Next to her is constantly mom. And at home, her younger brother, 4-year-old Rostikwaiting for mom and Nastia. Health problems accompany Nastia from the moment she was born: she had hypoxia at birth, cerebral edema, and congenital pneumonia. In childhood she was often ill, she did not attend kindergarten. Twice a year, the girl was treated in a hospital in Kirovograd.

Nastia is studying at a specialized boarding school for children with visual impairment. The child sees very poorly: in one eye she has 50% of her vision, in the other 10%. Exacerbation of the disease began last fall. In September, attacks of tachycardia and loss of consciousness became more frequent. In October, the girl was undergoing treatment in the cardiac rheumatology department of the CSTO of Kirovograd and was discharged with improvement.

And in December, Nastia suddenly lost consciousness, did not recover for a long time. A week later I stopped walking, a day later talking. Then she went blind for two days. The girl was reanimated from the Kirovograd CSTO to Kiev's Okhmatdet. She underwent a course of treatment and quickly recovered: she began to walk and talk. She was discharged home. But the girl stayed at home for only two weeks. In February, deterioration came and Nastya again found herself in Okhmadet, in the department of neurology, where she remains to this day.

Classmates support the girl. Nastya's class is very friendly. In December, the school raised funds for the treatment of girls. And now they continue to encourage Nastia. She is a creative child. She studied at an art school and in a dance club, attended vocal classes. And Nastya writes poetry. This child is a true patriot. Her poems about Ukraine, the Holodomor, nature. The girl repeatedly read her works at district events. And now in the hospital she continues to write. Nastia's favorite school subjects are history, literature, and, of course, the Ukrainian language. Before the illness, the girl planned to become a journalist or to have a profession related to literature. At the moment, she has a very important task – she needs to recover. 

To continue treatment, Nastya needs the drug Dalacin C in the quantity of 30 vials for a total amount of 12 594 UAH. This amount is big for Nastya's parents. The family has one father, he is a driver. There are no more funds for further treatment of the child in the family.

Name: Bespalko Anastasiia, 13.09.2003

City: Svetlovodsk, Kirovohrad region

Diagnosis: neuroborreliosis in the form of encephalopolneuropathy with severe pain