Illiusha prays for his healthy legs. 2019

The diagnosis of "cerebral palsy" is not a sentence, and there is hope for a happy future! Ilya 8 years old struggling with this disease. Many procedures, medications, classes, exercise, classes with a speech therapist and a psychologist gave their results. Now Illia goes to the second grade. Every day he walks up the stairs and overcomes long corridors. He copes with it, but with mom's help. Illia confidently walks by one arm, with a walker, and rides a bicycle. He is also studying English, he really likes foreign languages, he also wants to learn German.

He likes to read and learn poetry. A little harder to a guy with math, but he tries very hard and brings home 8-9 points. Illia is very worried about his assessments, tries, teaches, writes, although his mother says that he has a doctor's handwriting.

The boy’s diagnosis is terrible, but he almost defeated him. There are very few. The boy really wants to be independent. He is growing up, and he becomes ashamed to go to the toilet at school with his mother. He wants to play with classmates at the break in the hallway, and not sit at the desk. After each course of treatment, Illia has a result: the boy becomes more confident, he develops resistance to stress, he becomes more responsible and understands that if nothing is done, the result will not be or become worse.

Illia has a little brother Denys, whom he loves to play with him very much. However, Ilusha is very worried that Denys will start walking, but he will not. Parents and friends support him and say that everything will be fine! Both Illia and Denys will run and play together. Let's help Illia develop his excitement!

Name: Okhrimenko Illia, 22.04.2010

City: Kiev

Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, spastic diplegia of the lower extremities