AiF. Dobroe Serdce

Two-year-old Magomed cannot eat properly and suffocates in his sleep. Due to an underdeveloped lower jaw, the root of his tongue shifts backward and blocks his throat.

Every night, Zukhra stays awake, listening to her son. While sleeping, his breathing stops dozens of times each night. His mother jumps up, shakes Magomed, and picks him up to help him breathe again. This has been going on for…

Abdulla’s spine is bent at a 120-degree angle. This means constant pain, life-threatening compression of his internal organs, and the risk that he may soon lose the ability even to sit in his wheelchair.

Abdulla has used a wheelchair since early childhood. He was born with a severe spinal cord defect. Year after year, his spine has become more curved. Over the last year, trapped nerve endings…