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NATALIA

We were so happy for the birth of our daughter. Unfortunately everything happened so quickly and unexpectedly. Natalia, our daughter, was born on 24th June, 1989, one month too early, giving us great happiness, but great pain as well.. A terrible diagnosis: Spinafibida and Hydrocephalus. She will never speak, walk, and sit... That is what the doctors said. She spent three long months is a children’ hospital in Hanover. She was operated 5 times.

Unfortunately, she cannot walk, she is bound to a wheelchair, she speaks very little, but she understands us. We have done for her all we could. We have taken her to various specialists in Germany and abroad. Nothing however gave any significant results. Today we have accepted the fact that our 16 year old will never walk, but we have great hope that she will speak one day. The doctors say that there is a blockade in her brain because in all her illness she should speak and she should be mentally fit, but they cannot say where the blockade is. And this is the reason for our sleepless nights. We just want her to speak, because the fact that she is in a wheelchair is not so important to us now. The world is now open to people in wheelchairs, but only when their brain is working normally and they can communicate with the world. With Natalia we went through various therapies with animals that we financed ourselves. And lately another spark of hope has lit.

In March 2005 we went to Curacao near Venezuela for a therapy with dolphins. The 10 hour flight was surely very exhausting for Natalia, but it was worth it!!! We finally saw significant improvements. Natalia began speaking more; she is now quieter and more concentrated.

Unfortunately the cost of the therapy, flight and stay (apart from food) costs about 10.000 Euro. This therapy we paid from our savings. We are not rich, we work, but we cannot afford further one or two therapies, which would bring very good results. Natalia should go back there as soon as possible. She is 16 years old and in 2 or 3 years her brain will not be that absorbing any more. For this therapy we waited 4 about years. Now it is much easier, because a new center in Curacao was opened and there are more places for patients.

We ask people of goodwill around the world, who would like to do a good deed, for help, because there is no greater treasure in the world as a child’s health – something we know a lot about..

Any questions can be sent to DOLPHIN AID, an organization with which an account was opened, or directly to us at help@4natalia.de. We will be grateful for any help we can get.

Our account is 1900731479, BLZ 250501801 – Sparkasse Hannover.

Thank you from all or hearts for reading this.

Natalia’s parents and her 9-year-old brother Gabriel, who, thank God, is HEALTHY.