She put a prosthesis - and in the gym. Dreams of 6-year-old Alexandra Pascal who lost his leg because of war

However, not Alexandra's childhood trials did not break the childhood trials: the girl learned to go again and was able to return to her favorite gymnastics, which she has been doing from the age of three. What Alexander Pascal now lives and what the baby dreams of, the focus told her mother Maria. On the first day of a large -scale invasion, February 24, the south of Ukraine was under rocket strokes of the Russian Federation.

The invaders fired at warehouses, military units, civilian infrastructure and the homes of civilians. "At first it was impossible to believe that everything would be and that there could be a war in the 21st century," - says Maria Pascal. And on May 16, the war was already close to Mary and her six -year -old daughter. From tactical aviation, the X-22 missiles fired the resort bay. "It was in the morning, about eight o'clock. We were in the Gulf in the cottage, in the yard.

And the rocket flew directly into the building," Maria recalls. The mother and daughter were injured from the rocket strike. "But I had slight bodily injuries, but Sasha weighs less, and she apparently rejected her more with an explosive wave," says Maria Pascal. Together with indifferent people who were nearby, the mother pulled her daughter from the rubble of the building. A heavy plate fell on the left leg of the little Alexandra, so the limb was seriously injured.

The girl was evacuated to the hospital, where the doctors introduced Alexander into a drug. "At first we were taken to the hospital of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. There Sasha spent three days in intensive care, and then it was decided to transport her to a regional children's hospital," Maria explains. Doctors of Odesa region desperately fought for the life of the girl, because in Alexandra, in addition to injury, there were numerous shrapnel wounds, open fracture of the hands and head injury.

Fortunately, the child survived, but the doctors had to make a difficult decision. "Sasha was kept in a medical coma for 15 days, and then the doctors said that it was necessary to amputate the leg, because the limb was already cold and did not get accustomed," - recalls the girl's mother. After first aid and treatment in Ukraine, last summer, Alexander, together with her mother, went for rehab to Austria. This was organized by the efforts of international partners of Ukraine.

"In Austria, we lived for four months. There Sasha had a surgery on her hand, because she still had a fracture. But the needles in her hand are still in the hand - the hand has not yet grown up. They lived in a rehabilitation center where it was taught to walk again, showed how it should be, and a prosthesis was driven under a leg, "Maria explains. The girl's mother confesses that the first steps of her daughter on the prosthesis were not easy.

"At first, of course, it was difficult, but Sasha put a prosthesis almost immediately and went on it. Over time, Sasha learned everything and everything was set up. She is a fighter," Maria Pascal assures. However, during treatment and rehabilitation, the girl did not forget about her passion for a moment - exercise in gymnastics. "When we returned from Austria, it was in December last year, immediately went to gymnastics class .

The child is slowly returning to the usual, normal life that she had before, not to sit in a wheelchair, but to live like all other children, " - says Alexandra's mother. Of course, having a prosthesis, the girl had to get used to sports in a new reality. "Sasha has been attending classes for five months. The system of classes has had to be adjusted a little. The teacher gives Sasha a little others, not like other children.

But nothing, Sasha copes with everything, everything can do, only some elements are a little different," he explains Mary. In addition, Oleksandra returned to school, ballroom dance, swimming and her peers in Chernomorsk's hometown. Maria Pascal assures that she tries to bring her daughter back to his usual life so that she does not feel "not so. " "She no longer mentions the day when this shelling happened," the mother says. The girl dreams of competing, representing Ukraine.

But now the main problem for Sasha is the need to constantly change the prosthesis. This is the peculiarity of children's prosthetics. "The prosthesis should be changed once a year, or even once every half year, depending on how Sasha will grow, because she is a baby and every month she grows," Maria explains. Ukrainian doctors will already be engaged in replacement of prostheses and medical support of Alexandra.

"Yes, in Austria, medicine is considered one of the best, but to be honest, I would not say that our Ukrainian doctors have been worse. In half a year, the prosthesis has already become small, so in the Odessa center we were installed a new one," Maria Pascal summarized. You can learn more about the rehabilitation of warriors and war in Ukraine in Ukraine, as well as the help of Ukrainians with disabilities who have received asylum in the EU countries, you can on the Enableme Ukraine website.