Humanitarian Foundation BUDI HUMAN - Aleksandar Šapić

raises funds for Lenka Ljubisavljević (2019).

Lenka was born on 19 November 2019 in the 37th gestational week by scheduled cesarean section and at birth she was graded with 9.

From the beginning, she was calm and made little progress in weight. After 6 months, the mother noticed that Lenka was sitting incorrectly and insisted on Lenka being examined by a physician. After the examination, functional spinal scoliosis was confirmed.

Then the parents started the exhaustive analysis and after the magnetic resonance scan of the head, she was also diagnosed with: Malformation of the brain - pachygyria with frontal lissencephaly. The radiologist said that Lenka's brain stopped developing during the gestation period and that genetics was the most common cause of this condition.

Children with this condition have epilepsy, shortened life expectancy, they are never able to walk or talk, have trouble swallowing and have severe mental retardation. Soon, due to poor progress and growth, Lenka was also diagnosed with - microcephaly.

After the initial shock, the parents notice that their child differs in many ways from the diagnoses given to her. She rejoices in her parents and brother, pronounces syllables, actively plays with toys and follows with her eyes. Also, she still does not have epilepsy, which is almost an obligatory symptom of this condition. Although Lenka has immaturity of her optic nerves, she learned to function with the help of sound because, according to the doctor, her auditory organs were miraculously completely preserved.

Soon after she was diagnosed, from 12 months of age, she started with exhausting exercises. At that time, Lenka was not able to sit. To this day, at the age of less than two and a half, Lenka has achieved phenomenal results for her condition. Nowadays she sits, crawls, rises to a high kneeling position and makes steps with a support. Solid food was introduced to her and the first signs of consciousness appeared. Unfortunately, microcephaly threatens to nullify the achieved results and it is necessary to constantly stimulate development through special education and speech therapy treatments, occupational therapies, as well as through physical exercises and sensory integration.

In order to get Lenka's maximum, continuous work is needed, which requires a lot of money, and her parents have exhausted all their resources so far, and this way they are asking all humane people to help them.

She needs funds for medicines, supplements, intensive physical treatments, specialist examinations, laboratory analyzes, speech therapy and special education treatments, exercise equipment at home, stem cell therapies, oxygen treatments in the hyperbaric chamber, as well as for travelling costs.

For Lenka's victory! Let's be humane!

Let's help Lenka!