Anya Udod was born at 27 weeks, weighing just 1,460 grams. The baby cried, but soon stopped breathing. A difficult journey began: mechanical ventilation, 19 days in intensive care, transfer to high-frequency ventilation, pulmonary hemorrhage on the ninth day, and intraventricular hemorrhage on the 11th. The mother was discharged home, leaving her daughter in the hospital.
She was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, and doctors installed a special shunt to help drain fluid from the brain. After all these procedures, Anya began breathing on her own, and she was discharged at the end of April. The struggle continued at home: inhalations, injections, and examinations. Due to hyperdrainage, her vision deteriorated, requiring a shunt replacement in St. Petersburg. Later, bioplates were inserted into the baby's skull.
Anya is now 5 years old. She can sit, stand with support, learn to walk, and speak her first words. This development was achieved thanks to ongoing rehabilitation.
But there's a new problem: the shunt's operation has malfunctioned again. The device can't maintain pressure and keeps fluctuating, even though a special device can temporarily adjust the parameters. However, constant pressure fluctuations are dangerous, and system failure is life-threatening. Anya urgently needs a shunt replacement to prevent a reversal in her development.
