A flat back for Masha

A low-income family in which the eldest daughter has a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, Maria has idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. grandmother is a 4th century cancer patient, father left the family and does not help with money at all.

The main support of the family is the mother, who every day does everything to make the children happy.

Masha's diagnosis is the most severe disease of posture disorder. Curvature of the spine, which is completely invisible until the period of puberty and increased growth. The higher the degree of scoliosis, the more serious the changes in the spine and, accordingly, the consequences in the whole body. Pain in the body when moving and the impossibility of an active lifestyle, a decrease in blood supply to the lungs, stomach, and brain.

Mother and daughter went to the regional hospital in Chernihiv, where Maria underwent treatment and physical procedures during her inpatient stay. Then the girl had a curvature of 30° according to Cobb. These changes are already chronic and difficult to correct. The girl was prescribed a corset, which was changed twice, because it was necessary to restore the blood supply to the internal organs and eliminate their deformation. Then it stopped producing results and the distortion began to progress.

Currently, Maria's main structural curvature is 91° according to Cobb. Deformation of the chest with the formation of a costo-spinal hump on the right.

She is only 14 years old, she wants to run with her friends, ride a bike and wear nice clothes, but through pain she desperately fights for life and a healthy future. The family consulted various doctors and hospitals, and surgery was recommended.

The cost of the operation is UAH 290,000. So far, the family has managed to collect UAH 140,000 on its own, and UAH 150,000 remains for the full collection, we ask for your help in order to give a chance for a happy future. The operation is planned for March 2023. We ask everyone who cares to help Masha experience the joy of easy, painless movement!