Surgeons performed maxillofacial surgery on Arina

Touching the tip of the tongue to the palate - what could be easier? For Arisha Luzhentsova, almost half a year old, this is an impossible task. The girl was born with a congenital cleft in her soft and hard palate. Doctors diagnosed her with Pierre Robin syndrome. During childbirth, the absence of a septum between her mouth and nose caused the girl to swallow amniotic fluid and get pneumonia. Doctors fought for her life for a month. And then another struggle began - that of Arisha's mother against the terrible syndrome. Marina every minute checked whether her daughter was breathing. The first 4 months feeding her through a tube, otherwise the food could get not only in the nose, but also in the airways. Now the baby eats from a small spoon mashed potatoes, breathing normalized. But it is impossible to live normally without a palate - a child's ears and nose are constantly open to infections. It is also extremely difficult to start talking without a palate. While Arina's peers babble different syllables, she barely says "ma". The girl should have gone to the surgeons seven months ago - at this age they usually perform such operations in one or two stages. But Arisha's whole family - mom, dad, older brother, and herself took turns being sick with coronavirus. The little girl had a particularly hard time with the disease. Even after recovering, her body was open to any infection. "We just started taking tests for the surgery, as Arina got sick again with a cold, - says mother Marina. - Now her body is stronger, but the precious time for surgery is running out, doctors do not undertake to guarantee the result. And without surgery her daughter will not have a normal life. Marina turned to the Institute of congenital maxillofacial diseases of Professor Gonchakov, and they are ready to help Arisha. The results are guaranteed! Plastic surgery will be performed in one step, forming a hard and soft palate. It is important to hurry, it depends on the health and the future of the child. Arina's parents will not be able to raise the money so quickly. In our power to make sure that all the suffering comes to an end, and she began a completely different life, in which she will learn to talk, will eat apples and cereal. And finally reach her tongue to her palate.