Little Anya Udod will soon feel better — her malfunctioning shunt will be replaced. The entire amount was paid by a single benefactor, a user of the Tooba app.
Anya Udod was born at 27 weeks, weighing only 1460 grams. Soon after, she stopped breathing. A difficult journey began: mechanical ventilation, 19 days in intensive care, transfer to high-frequency ventilation, a pulmonary hemorrhage on the 9th day, and an intraventricular hemorrhage on the 11th. Anya was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, and doctors installed a special shunt to help drain fluid from her brain.
After all the procedures, she began to breathe on her own and was discharged. The struggle continued at home: inhalations, injections, examinations. Due to overdrainage, her vision worsened, requiring a shunt replacement, and later, bioplates were implanted in her skull.
Anya is now 5 years old. She can sit, stand with support, is learning to walk, and is saying her first words. This progress has been achieved thanks to ongoing rehabilitation. But a new problem arose — the shunt is malfunctioning again: it doesn't maintain pressure and fails. Constant pressure fluctuations are dangerous, and system failure threatens the girl's life.
Now the threat has receded: the necessary amount for the shunt replacement has been raised. Thank you to everyone who helped Anya and her family.
