Help Thumbelina become a regular girl.

Meet Alina: she is an energetic, inquisitive, and full of joy teenage girl. For Valerie, she was one of her charges. One of... so as to become, later, her daughter, the only one and the most loved. Time moved on, the girl grew and learned something new every day.

School, tests, a bicycle which is so fun to ride, friends, and soccer, oh yes, soccer. Everything seemingly the same as with everyone else. Alina has already been living in Valerie's family for five years by now. The years pass, the children grow taller. That is, other children grow taller, but not Alina. She is developing, learning by experience, but life seems to pass her by.

And the low height becomes more noticeable than before, and your attitude to the diagnosis written in your medical chart history changes. Of course, when you are 13, and you are barely the height of an average eight-or nine-year-old, life no longer seems as carefree, and involuntarily, the question "why me?" comes up.

But there is a positive side to this story, too. Every one of us can contribute to this positive side. That is the simple truth. The family who, despite Alinka's diagnosis, assumed responsibility for her, demonstrated that they want to be her main support, who have taught her and continue to teach her all the important and useful things, simply needs a little help.

At first glance, the sum is very small, but if you consider that the medications are needed continuously--they have to be taken until the girl is fully grown--then the sum no longer seems so insignificant, especially for an average-income family.

For Alina to reach her full height and catch up with her peers, she needs the medication Diferelin 11 25. Its average cost is 5,500 Hryvnias for one vial every three months.

So, let's help her!

Name: Irina V. Gutkin, 05.02.2003

City: Kiev

Diagnosis: Genetic dwarf. Russell-Silver syndrome.