Every day he struggles for every new resolute step without pain, for every new word spoken, for faith in future and full life... The baby’s illness was diagnosed as cerebral palsy when he was 1 year and 7 months old and the whole family was shocked by it. Previously, the doctors assured the boy’s mother that he wouldn’t walk, talk and understand and would be wheelchair-bounded. Despite those predictions, the woman didn’t believe their words. She’s strongly convinced that this diagnosis would be overcome and her child would enjoy life to the full as the others. Mum brings her child up alone, doesn’t work because he needs care.

While Veronica is undergoing another course of treatment, her older sister is waiting for her at home. Veronica has cerebral palsy, and most of her time she devotes to the fight against this ailment. It all started from the moment the girl was born prematurely: first, there was fetal asphyxiation, then cesarean, then resuscitation, jaundice, blood transfusion and irreversible changes in the central nervous system. 

Misha Nikolayenko was born with a very rare disease - granulomatosis. With this disease, the child’s immunity is practically zero and there is practically no resistance to infections. The life of a child with this disease is accompanied by huge doses of antibiotics, antifungal, and antibacterial drugs. In August, Misha and his mother went to the Kyiv City Children's Center for Clinical Immunology, where he is seen by specialists. There he passed tests for myopathy and with his mother they are waiting for the result. In October, Mishutka fell ill again. 

Little Sasha is a healthy boy, all the examinations of the newborn confirmed this. Developed, as it should be for babies, at 2 months already held the head. Relatives thought that he would grow up a healthy boy, but at one point the world turned upside down...

Baby Nikita was born on 27.07.16. The child was welcomed and long-awaited. Parents went a long and exhausting way to finally see the two treasured stripes on the test. Family happiness knew no bounds! However, the challenges have only just begun. At 19 weeks, the threat of pregnancy loss, emergency surgery, conservation happened. Before delivery, the mother did not leave the hospital. It was scary and hard, but the hope that very soon it would all be over did not leave. The son was born at the 36th week by emergency cesarean section.