He wants to learn to walk again!

21-year-old Vlad has motor dysfunctions. In March 2021, the boy got fully paralyzed: Vlad fell down on the street and received a fracture of his left patella with its fragments’ displacement. This injury was so severe the guy had to undergo two operations after. As a result of multiple efforts, he learned to walk (holding on to the wall), sit and serve himself a little in his everyday life. Now Vlad uses a wheelchair and needs rehabilitation: swimming and kinesiotherapy. Rehabilitation will help Vlad learn to walk again with support in order to move freely around the apartment. But, unfortunately, his family members have no money left to pay for such classes.

During his birth Vlad got traumatised a lot. As a result, he received a head injury (hematoma) which later developed into a cyst. During the first two years of his life, the boy underwent three operations which saved his life and relieved him of epileptic seizures. He also had two shunts installed at that time. After turning 3, Vlad first came to the famous "House with an Angel" in Odessa where his first rehabilitation began. The boy was in a very bad condition: he did not speak, did not walk, did not chew, did not sit. It was hard but the classes were beneficial and Vlad began to develop to the best of his ability.

Meanwhile, Vlad's biological father did not want to engage in the upbringing, treatment and rehabilitation of the child, creating such unbearable conditions in the family that both Vlad and his mother were forced to leave home. But life did not leave the woman alone and she met a very kind and loving person who eventually became Vlad’s real father and protector. Today his mother tells us with a smile how much Vlad loves his stepfather and considers him as his own father.

Vlad grew up as a kind and strong-minded guy, he already even has 4 years old sister. He graduated from high school and nowadays attends classes at the Lyceum receiving the profession of a computer typing operator.

After that fall, Vlad underwent two operations. During the last operation in the ODREX clinic (Odessa), the patella was connected via a special wire. But rehabilitation is still needed.

We appeal to you: help Vlad get to rehabilitation, improve his life, get on his feet and be at least a little bit independent. He really needs it.