Today we would like to share with you new successes and achievements of our ward. Thanks to the complex individual approach of the specialists at the medical center, we have been able to achieve results in various areas of development of Angelina M.
Angelina M., born in 2012, required: a rehabilitation course at the children’s habilitation center Rodnik, St. Petersburg, at a cost of 269,050 rubles.
Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, hyperkinetic form, epilepsy.
Angelina took a course at the summer offsite sports and recreation course, which included the following activities:
- Adaptive physical education (60 min), 22 classes;
- Comprehensive session on normalization of muscle tone (60 min.), 12 classes;
- Speech therapist (45 min.), 22 classes;
- Development of fine motor skills (30 min.), 11 classes;
- Adaptive swimming (30 min.), 22 classes;
- Taping (with a tapes), 1 thing.
As a result of the course, we could see positive changes: muscle tone reduced, trunk muscles strengthened, amplitude of active movements in extremities increased.
Angelina’s mother tells more about rehabilitation in her letter:
“I would like to express my great appreciation and gratitude to you. Angelina took a class thanks to the Diema’s Dream Foundation. We thank you so much for everything you do for special children. Thanks to you, Angelina has received significant new successes and emotions. You have given us hope and made us understand that we are not alone, giving us a helping hand. Thanks to you, her life has improved a lot physically and emotionally. Experience like such rehabilitation makes me want to come back to the center, to this wonderful place with wonderful specialists. Thank you for your contribution to the Charity work!
Angelina finished four weeks of rehabilitation at the summer offsite sports and recreation course. She traveled 1000 km to the center. She survived the trip well, but she was still tired and anxious about the situation with the pandemic.
When we arrived, she was in a great mood, the place was wonderful, the center was near the sea, and it had a lot of advantages, there was an indoor pool on the territory, there were also horses, it was a miracle, so many things combined in one place. There were hard work and beautiful sea with sand.
Early in the morning at 8 a.m. Angelina was working on fine motor skills, the specialists did it so wonderfully that even with a bad mood she raised it 100%, all classes were conducted in the form of a fairy tale, and an individual approach was taken to the child. As a result, our little hands have become much stronger, their grip and retention of objects have become better. We are delighted with the classes and the specialist; we would love to go to her again.
After fine motor skills we went to the pool in a great mood. Angelina felt comfortable in the water, relaxed as much as possible. The specialist taught us to dive under the water and at the same time hold our breath, it a miracle, all classes benefited the child’s health. Angelina, after having two activities in the morning, enjoyed breakfast, she was hungry. I watched the baby, near to the sea, and in a different environment, in another area, she began to sleep much calmer and longer than at home, her appetite improved, which was great.
We had a rest in the afternoon, we went to classes with a speech therapist, to the wonderful specialist who taught Angelina to show either she wanted to eat, to drink, or to walk. The contact between them was wonderful, we became very good friends, we wish there were more specialists like that. Angelina showed what she wanted, and what she didn’t want, it was wonderful. After lunch, we went to sea procedures. The sea, the sun, the sand… Angelina loved swimming! She could not stop smiling and laughing and sometimes, even sunbathing on the beach, the baby fell asleep, despite the noise around. We really liked the atmosphere and the place itself.
In the evening, before dinner, we went to the next classes. Adaptive physical education was selected very individually. With our hyperkinesis, the therapist had a tactile approach to the child. I was surprised, my daughter, never cried, for the entire period of classes that we were in rehabilitation. The specialist taught Angelina to feel her body, to lift herself up on her arms in order to sit down, to stand on all fours, to reach for objects. The result was not what I wanted or needed, but when we came home, she was standing up on her hands and trying to sit up, her support in back had increased and became stronger, her feet support had also increased, she had a stepping reflex. We were very pleased with our specialists and such a success.
After the adaptive physical education, we went to our specialist to massage the whole body. Massage was done individually to strengthen muscles. There was a lot of work, we also had a tummy massage to improve digestion. The specialist worked very carefully and professionally with Angelina. After all procedures, she fell asleep well.
In general, we are very grateful to all specialists, the center and the Foundation! Everything went for the benefit of the child, we achieved good results and got a lot of emotions and impressions. Angelina had an excellent rehabilitation course. A big thank you to all organizers of this rehabilitation for this real miracle!”
The Foundation would like to express special thanks to Renault Russia, which constantly supports our Foundation and provides us with a car for the regular collection of donations.
Thanks to transfers using bank cards, the QR code posted on the Foundation’s brochures and posters, as well as cash collected at the donation boxes at the BP and Rosneft gas stations, Fitness One and Pride Club fitness clubs.
Also, thanks to charitable donation from Renault Russia dated February 21, 2020 in the amount of 1,200,000 rubles; 263,945 rubles was allocated to pay for rehabilitation course for Angelina.
Dear philanthropists, we want to thank you for your help and participation in the life of children with special needs!
Thanks to everyone who took the Step towards Angelina M.!
You can read the full story of Angelina M. by the following link:
Angelina M., born in 2012, Volgograd Oblast, Kislovo – Diema’s Dream Fund (ddfrussia.ru)
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