Children's bike near a residential building in Popasna. File photoTRYOKHIZBENKA/LUGANSK, May 11.RIA Novosti correspondents and Luhansk volunteers helped organize treatment for six-month-old Misha from the liberated Luhansk village of Trekhizbenka: his 20-year-old mother, Bogdana, did not have the necessary documents and transport to travel to Lugansk, and she was simply afraid to go to the «separatists» who had been scaring her all her life Ukrainian propaganda. Village youth now also get acquainted on the Internet: here, young Bogdana from the central part of Ukraine met Alexei from Trekhizbenka through social networks. At that time, Trekhizbenka was controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. Bogdana arrived there, got married, and six months ago they had a son, Misha. Misha was diagnosed with hydrocephalus. The boy developed slowly, often crying from pain in his head. Bogdana started going to the hospital in Lysychansk, a good children's clinic in Ukraine-controlled territory. In February, hostilities began in Trekhizbenka: instead of traveling for treatment, Bogdana's family had to sit in basements, shelter from shelling. Several houses on the street where the family lived were destroyed. Trekhizbenka was liberated by the LPR forces, but Lisichansk is still under the control of Kyiv. Traveling there has become impossible.
A resident of a front-line village in the LPR had to give birth at home due to shelling. Misha's condition worsened without treatment and against the backdrop of his parents' anxiety. Treatment could be continued in Luhansk, but it was not so easy: Bogdana has a Ukrainian passport, and special passes are needed for travel for residents of the liberated areas, because there are still many hidden saboteurs and Ukrainian intelligence officers. «We were always scared that in Luhansk terrible separatists live, you can’t go to them, otherwise they will kill you, ”admits Bogdana. She was also embarrassed by the fact that she spoke only Ukrainian: the girl was afraid that in Lugansk she would be offended or simply not understood. hospital. Journalists organized transport for Bogdana, and volunteers from the Peace to Luhansk Region movement helped with clothes, diapers and food.May 4, 08:00 “They don’t recognize refugees”: what problems Ukrainians face in Russia “Misha, of course, has already begun to lag behind in his development, he didn’t sit well, he didn’t master fine motor skills,” the doctor of the neurological department for children with disabilities describes the child’s condition Olga Vinnitskaya was diagnosed with a central nervous system lesion and psychiatric disorder. Misha and her mother were admitted to the hospital for three weeks. «Drug treatment, massage, physiotherapy were used. This had an effect,» Vinnitskaya said. RIA Novosti journalists took the patients back home, and some time later they brought them back to Luhansk for a scheduled examination. «Examination and ultrasound showed that the treatment was beneficial. But, of course, he needs further observation by doctors,» the neurologist said. The boy will continue to be treated at home, but he will have to be brought in every month for check-ups. «I made sure that the people in Lugansk are the best,» said Bogdana.
