Son had normal vision until he turned six years old. Then we started noticing that something was wrong, and he started to stumble when walking. He was diagnosed with cataracts in both eyes — phacoscotasmus. The right eye was operated on as soon as the diagnosis was made. We managed to raise the money for the second surgery, but we could not do it. Fighting began in our hometown of Zymohiria. Son remembers the shooting. He remembers how the bombing and how the children died…
Stas required special therapy to restore the vision, but the lack of medicines and qualified medical care forced us to leave home. We put all our possessions in four bags and left home. We spent all our savings to fit up our home in Kharkiv.
