Soon she will win cerebral palsy!

Mariia is very cheerful and pins girl, she is 6 years old. She loves fellowship with family, friends, and listen to stories. Girl with a great interest watches cartoons and gets great pleasure from walking and swimming. But she can't communicate with their peers, to play and to walk to the playground.

"Masha was born in the 29th week weighing 1680 grams. Condition at birth was very difficult, she had intraventricular hemorrhage, and then hydrocephalus. In 6 months the girl had a CSF-shunt surgery and installed a programmable shunt. The result was cerebral palsy, spastic diplegia, strabismus, severe motor impairment, developmental delay," says the girl's mother. 

In order to develop, Masha receives active rehabilitation assistance. Schedule a girl's life and her family is very rich. It's regular massages, exercise, swimming, sessions with remedial teachers, the system's rehabilitation in the International clinic of rehabilitation in Truskavets and the Ukrainian medical rehabilitation center for children with organic lesions of the nervous system of the Ministry of the health of Ukraine.

After treatment Mariia already holds her head, sits with support, it has improved gross motor skills. Masha started to crawl on their bellies, she is actively developing it, the girl already knows a little poetry. But it remains to master more skills and to learn how to drive. 

In order to continue rehabilitation and to develop the child needed help. There is a need for repeated courses of rehabilitation at the international clinic of rehabilitation that always becomes a stimulus for new achievements little Mariia. The team of our charity fund appeals to all concerned to help support our project and help to raise funds for the girl to rehab!

Name: Zotsenko Mariia, 03.08.2010

City: Kiev

Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, spastic diplegia in the stage of lack of transportation, mental retardation, movement disorders IV level