Help little Katerina to obtain a dream hand
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We are asking for donations to help Katerina to receive bionic prosthesis that will enable little girl to live full live with a fully functioned second hand.
Katerina was born with an underdevelopment of her right hand, and this was a complete surprise to her parents, because in all studies during pregnancy, the baby looked absolutely healthy.
The girl received her first prosthesis at the age of 4. When Katerina saw it, she burst into tears. The primitive plastic prosthesis looked like a severed doll's hand. After wearing the prosthesis for only 10 minutes, she refused to walk in it. Katerina was afraid of it. Mom tried to persuade Katerina and explained to her that the world around her could be cruel to a disabled girl, but a terrible and uncomfortable free prosthesis caused Katerina much more pain than ridicule and sidelong glances. And the woman did not insist. Thus, having gathered willpower in her only fist Katerina went to kindergarten.
When her mother was told that a girl with such a defect should be less public, the woman just grinned, “How could her fidget lock herself at home?” Even the kindergarten offenders quickly surrendered to the onslaught of the character and energy of this girl. And the fearless Katerina began storming the theatre group, and then the music school.
Now the girl is a wonderful student of a public school, is engaged in folklore, sings, and plays the piano with one hand.
Katerina still does not like a primitive cosmetic prosthesis; hard plastic is inconvenient, non-functional, and it is easier for the girl to help herself with everyday activities with her small stump.
Once Katerina and her mother were watching TV. The program showed a girl with the same diagnosis who had a bionic prosthesis installed. As if spellbound, Katerina watched the movements of the artificial hand. Katerina and her mother had no idea that such prostheses existed. At that moment, they realized how great the difference is between a "severed doll's hand" and a complex technical device capable of restoring many functions of the missing hand!
Inspired, she and her mother went to Moscow for a presentation, where Katerina was able to try on and operate a bionic prosthesis. The girl was delighted. Returning home, to the Vladimir region, Katerina showed all her friends a video, where for the first time in her life she takes a notebook with her other "hand". Now the girl knew exactly what her most cherished dream was.
But unfortunately, Katerina can get for free only the same plastic hand that frightened her in early childhood; parents cannot buy her daughter an expensive modern prosthesis. Realizing the difficult financial situation, the strong-willed Katerina decided to save up for a prosthesis on her own, saving all her modest pocket money for a dream. After all, she has realized that she can truly live, that her defect will turn into an advantage, because no one of her acquaintances will have such an ultra-modern and fashionable hand.
Katerina became so emboldened in her dreams that she even began to think about the future of the artist who draws with the help of a prosthesis.
All the girl's dreams can come true if we unite and help Katerina's parents pay for an expensive prosthesis! And most importantly, if Katerina gets a bionic prosthesis, she will be able to receive such prostheses at the expense of the state in the future. Therefore, if we help Katerina now, we will not just give her a new prosthesis we will give her the opportunity to use bionic devices all her life and live a full life!
Katerina was born with an underdevelopment of her right hand, and this was a complete surprise to her parents, because in all studies during pregnancy, the baby looked absolutely healthy.
The girl received her first prosthesis at the age of 4. When Katerina saw it, she burst into tears. The primitive plastic prosthesis looked like a severed doll's hand. After wearing the prosthesis for only 10 minutes, she refused to walk in it. Katerina was afraid of it. Mom tried to persuade Katerina and explained to her that the world around her could be cruel to a disabled girl, but a terrible and uncomfortable free prosthesis caused Katerina much more pain than ridicule and sidelong glances. And the woman did not insist. Thus, having gathered willpower in her only fist Katerina went to kindergarten.
When her mother was told that a girl with such a defect should be less public, the woman just grinned, “How could her fidget lock herself at home?” Even the kindergarten offenders quickly surrendered to the onslaught of the character and energy of this girl. And the fearless Katerina began storming the theatre group, and then the music school.
Now the girl is a wonderful student of a public school, is engaged in folklore, sings, and plays the piano with one hand.
Katerina still does not like a primitive cosmetic prosthesis; hard plastic is inconvenient, non-functional, and it is easier for the girl to help herself with everyday activities with her small stump.
Once Katerina and her mother were watching TV. The program showed a girl with the same diagnosis who had a bionic prosthesis installed. As if spellbound, Katerina watched the movements of the artificial hand. Katerina and her mother had no idea that such prostheses existed. At that moment, they realized how great the difference is between a "severed doll's hand" and a complex technical device capable of restoring many functions of the missing hand!
Inspired, she and her mother went to Moscow for a presentation, where Katerina was able to try on and operate a bionic prosthesis. The girl was delighted. Returning home, to the Vladimir region, Katerina showed all her friends a video, where for the first time in her life she takes a notebook with her other "hand". Now the girl knew exactly what her most cherished dream was.
But unfortunately, Katerina can get for free only the same plastic hand that frightened her in early childhood; parents cannot buy her daughter an expensive modern prosthesis. Realizing the difficult financial situation, the strong-willed Katerina decided to save up for a prosthesis on her own, saving all her modest pocket money for a dream. After all, she has realized that she can truly live, that her defect will turn into an advantage, because no one of her acquaintances will have such an ultra-modern and fashionable hand.
Katerina became so emboldened in her dreams that she even began to think about the future of the artist who draws with the help of a prosthesis.
All the girl's dreams can come true if we unite and help Katerina's parents pay for an expensive prosthesis! And most importantly, if Katerina gets a bionic prosthesis, she will be able to receive such prostheses at the expense of the state in the future. Therefore, if we help Katerina now, we will not just give her a new prosthesis we will give her the opportunity to use bionic devices all her life and live a full life!
Organizer
Iuliia Zadrutskaia
Organizer
Stanhope Gardens, NSW