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Thanks to your help, Denis went through rehab!

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Charitable foundation · Moscow

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Denis is recovering from a serious cancer disease. The schedule at the center is tight: physical therapy, physiotherapy, massage, classes with an occupational therapist, and a swimming pool.

There are wonderful specialists in the rehabilitation center; they try to make the course not only useful, but also interesting, so that children would forget about their pain and difficulties. For several hours Denis turned into a chef. He baked a delicious cake and kneaded the dough himself. And most importantly, he did it all with his right hand, slowly regaining the skills he had lost. He learned to hold an adaptive glass and drink from it.

Thanks to intensive sessions with an instructor of physical therapy, Denis's walking has improved. He can go up and down 20 stairs on his own.

"Some of the classes are such a stretch that I can see tears in my son's eyes. We both understand that we have to go through this to recover, to get good results. Thank you so much everyone who has helped us and is still helping! Little by little Denis is going back to his old life, - said Marina, the boy's mother.

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About the campaign

Denis needs a course of rehabilitation after cancer!

Denis was almost 8 years old when he suddenly had weakness in his right arm and leg, asymmetry of the face. After thorough examinations, doctors diagnosed the boy with a malignant brain tumor - pilocytic astrocytoma. Denis underwent a complicated surgery, most of the tumor was removed. Only a small inoperable fragment remained. Unfortunately, after some time the tumor started growing again. The boy was saved with proton radiation therapy. This is a huge strain on a child's body, so there were complications, with which Denis is still fighting.

Last year we helped Denis to undertake a rehabilitation course, there are the first successes. The boy is stepping on the heel of his right foot, the wrist of his right hand is more mobile. In order for Denis to recover his lost skills, to walk confidently, to manage the right arm, he needs to continue intensive exercises every 2-3 months.

Parents do not have financial possibilities to pay for the rehabilitation course. There are two children in the family, only father works, and mother takes care of their son, she does not work.