Dana's medicine was distributed from Kharkiv in Ukraine, which is under attack. We now only have enough left for two more weeks.
Dana is 13 months old now and regularly has physical therapy, so on February 22, my husband and I took her from Klevan to Poland for therapy there. We left my 10-year-old daughter Maryna in Ukraine with her father, but when I think back now, I realize I had a really bad feeling leaving her behind. I hugged her goodbye and even took a picture of her standing next to the window, waving at Dana.
The four of us are now together in Radom, Poland. We rented a small, one-bedroom apartment because we thought we would be here for one month. But now, we're here with two kids for the foreseeable future. We haven't claimed refugee status yet, we are just trying to get some documentation so Dana can get access to treatment here.
I think Dana understands that she needs a bit more attention than other children; that she needs to be held all the time, because she will just lie there and play with her toys, almost as if she is helping me to get through this. She has a very kind, calm personality.
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