Let's Help Little Elizaveta

Let's Help Little Elizaveta

Pukhalskaya Elizaveta Dmitrievna, born in 2015, was born with a very rare genetic condition, Treacher Collins syndrome. This autosomal dominant disorder occurs in 1 out of 50,000 infants. That is a small number on the scale of a country and an incredibly large one when it comes to the fate of a single child...

 The parents did not know that their child would be born with abnormalities. The pregnancy and delivery proceeded without any complications. The baby cried right away, and then... It became clear that something was wrong, that she was not like other children... Pain, fear, despair... Life was divided into "before" and "after".

Little Liza was born with a specific facial shape, a small jaw and chin, a defect of the lower eyelid tissues, and underdeveloped ears. At the maternity hospital, the parents were immediately consulted by a geneticist, who, based on external signs, suggested that my child had Treacher Collins syndrome (mandibulofacial dysostosis). After additional examinations, the doctors gave the little girl the diagnosis: Treacher Collins syndrome. A congenital malformation of the outer and middle ear on both sides, grade 3 conductive hearing loss. 

 In children with Treacher Collins syndrome, despite the congenital malformations, intelligence is fully preserved.

 Since birth, the parents have been fighting for their child's right to develop and to be no different from other children. At the age of one, Liza was given a special bone conduction device.  Once she started using the device, her speech developed rapidly.  Little Liza works constantly with a speech therapist and attends various clubs. Her favorite activities are modeling and drawing.

  Little Liza is now in the second grade at a mainstream school.  She tries very hard to study, but she needs help, support, and constant work with her. Liza has now developed an interest in English, and she gladly attends the English club.

Little Liza dreams of hearing well and being like everyone else. Thanks to the help of organizations and caring people, in February 2022 Liza underwent surgery to restore her hearing and an aesthetic operation on her right ear at the American clinic “Atresiya Repair CEI Medical Group” in the USA. The operation was a success: Liza now hears well and is very pleased with her right ear, because it looks just like a real one!.. But she still has a dream about a second ear, so as not to be embarrassed by her appearance and to be confident in herself.

 The plastic surgeon who reconstructed her right ear is ready to perform exactly the same operation on Liza to restore the left one, using the "Medpor" method, and to correct the specific shape of her face by transplanting subcutaneous fat from the abdomen into the cheeks. The cost of this operation is 53,300 dollars. They are ready to perform the operation in the very near future.  The girl's parents simply do not have such funds. Liza is still little, and if the operation is done now, she has every chance of becoming a full-fledged member of society, of hearing and speaking like everyone else. And of having ears!         

 Every caring person can help little Liza. 

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