Save the athlete's hand

His right hand is pierced every second with unbearable pain – from the shoulder and to the fingertips. It swells, turning the life of 33-year-old Oleksandr Repetsky into a real hell because it keeps only on muscles and tendons – the shoulder joint has completely worn out. For a young man, chained to a wheelchair as a result of a terrible accident, this is the bottom of despair – without a right hand, the Paralympic man cannot only do his favorite sport, but also generally move around.

A terrible accident often dreams Sasha in nightmares. He, an excellent student, a first-year student and future historian, comes to his parents for the weekend. At a steep climb, the car in which the guy is traveling turns over, and with him, the whole of his life is turned around. Compression fracture of the spine, spinal cord injury. Sasha is urgently operated and, as it later turns out, is unsuccessful. The surgeon arrives from St. Petersburg to correct the mistake, but he does not get to work – from the anesthesia the young man's heart stops. Clinical death. And if Sasha still manages to draw it from her, then with a chance to get to her feet one has to say goodbye.

Six months in bed without the opportunity at least to sit down. For a guy who did not understand life without sports – football, basketball, tennis – it seemed to be the end. However, he still finds the strength to fight and daily transitions into a cart. And then fate smiles at him – Sasha meets a kind and very sympathetic girl, marries and becomes a dad. The family adds to the man's strength: he works as a taxi driver and gradually returns to his great passion – sports. The first powerlifting, Olexandr becomes the champion of Donetsk region, then resorts to less physically difficult table tennis, but he achieves even more - repeated champion of Ukraine and membership in the Paralympic team. A person participates in international competitions, gives great hopes, and suddenly... descends from a distance.

"The absence of the joint of the right humerus" the conclusion of doctors, puts across not only on the career but also at work – it is impossible to control the car by one left. Fortunately, there is a way out! Replacing the erased joint with an anatomical prosthesis Evolutis, the functionality of the hand will be restored and Oleksandr will be able to return to his former life. Operation at least tomorrow is ready to be held at the Moscow Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, however, it is impossible to appoint: the cost of the endoprosthesis is 96,250 UAH – for the Repetski family is very heavy.

While there is no money to keep up the spirit, Oleksandr continues to struggle: now he keeps the tennis racket left and the other day he even took 3rd place in the city tournament among healthy people. A person believes that by his strength of spirit he can inspire indifferent people to support him. Let's give him a chance! It's in our power.

Name: Repetskyi Oleksandr, 09.03.1984

City: Svyrydivka village, Poltava region

Diagnosis: idiopathic aseptic necrosis of the head of the right humerus