Yegorchik needs eye surgery

Yehorchik is the youngest of the Postupalskyi family. His mother Kateryna alone brings up three sons: 13-year-old Anton, 11-year-old Dmytro, and Yegor, who is a little over five and a half years old. This family lives in the village of Brusilov, Zhytomyr region. The eldest son attends high school grade 6, the middle is studying in grade 5 of the Korostyshevskaya special school for children with speech impairments. And Yehor attends a regular kindergarten with an additional teacher. Children also have a grandparent living nearby in the village of Morozivka. 

Yehorchik was born on 28 weeks of pregnancy with a weight of 1,400 grams. His condition was grave. The child did not breathe and was connected to mechanical ventilation devices. Doctors of the Zhytomyr Regional Hospital discovered the child’s disease at 8 months of age. The baby has a complicated cataract in both eyes. Then the baby was sent for examination to Ohmadet, after which the operation and treatment were performed. Subsequently, the boy and mother visited the Zhytomyr Children's Hospital every three months at the conclusion of a doctor from Ohmadet.

At home, Yehor likes to listen to music, play with pets. He has a cat and two dogs. He loves various musical toys. And in the summer the boy goes to the pond. He is very contacted. And although the kindergarten visits only six months, he quickly adapted and immediately found a common language with peers. Easily given him the study of poetry. Egor constantly takes part in the holidays.
The boy does not see well by both eyes. While he sees only the silhouette. At home, he quickly navigates, because he knows everything. But in the kindergarten, it is a little more complicated, although there he is under the supervision of an additional teacher. Now Yehor needs surgery on his left eye. In a single mother, there is no money for the necessary eye lens. She seeks help.

Name: Postupalskyi Yehor, 05.05.2014

City: Brusilov, Zhytomyr region

Diagnosis: complicated cataract, vitreous fibrosis