Invisible Ivan's tears

The war forced the family: father, mother and their 2 children, to abandon their home and become the refugees, like hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. They’ve lived in Luhansk before 2014. This family lives in Lviv now where the 3-d child Ivan was born. His birth was premature, at 31-st week. The boy spent one and a half day on the lungs’ mechanical ventilation. A cute little boy, weighing two kg, has a lot of diagnoses; the main one is an infantile cerebral palsy. 

It's difficult to imagine the parents' great grief but they don't give up; they began a selfless struggle for the baby's health. Vanya underwent 4 rehabilitation courses in the Innovo clinic in 8 months; 8 massage courses in the Veselka clinic. He is undergoing rehabilitation at Dzherelo Center, Lviv on a continuing basis; this rehabilitation needs to be undergone every 2 months as at an early age it’s most effective. The family’s paid all the expenses for Ivan’s rehabilitation and treatment from their household budget.

However, there’s no evil without good. In connection with the loss of a family’s breadwinner (the child’s father got into a road accident and suffered from a compressive spine fracture) who needs treatment and care in the near future, they beg for help and support for further rehabilitation at Lviv’s Innovo Medical Center. Don’t be indifferent to someone else’s sorrow! The boy needs your kindness and mercifulness.

Name: Voinov Ivan, 11.06.2017

City: Lviv

Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, life-saving tetraparesis, stable movement disorders, psychoverbal development delay