Inga’s heart suddenly stopped❗️Help us fight for her recovery and a return to normal life❗️

Four years ago, we believed the worst was behind us

In April 2021, thanks to the generosity of our Donors, Inga underwent heart surgery. Her heart defect — Ebstein’s anomaly — was operated on at the Centre for Ebstein’s Anomaly at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (USA). Inga left the hospital after just five days and recovered very quickly.

Ordinary, beautiful years

In the weeks, months, and even years that followed, Inga lived just like her peers. Of course, as parents, we introduced reasonable limitations and regular cardiac check-ups, but her life regained momentum and color. She embraced life to the fullest. She learned how to swim. She began adventures with skiing, ice skating, and roller skating. She turned out to be a talented sculptor. Childhood dreams of dinosaurs evolved into dreams of becoming a YouTuber. Playing Minecraft became, without a doubt, her favorite pastime.

January 8, 2025

A dramatic change occurred on January 8, 2025. That day, during a school break, Inga suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. The cause? Unknown. Her heart simply stopped. School staff performed CPR for 15 minutes. Emergency medical services then took over. Inga’s father helplessly witnessed the resuscitation — having rushed to the school after receiving a phone call, he arrived just as the ambulance did. Altogether, Inga was resuscitated for 40 minutes. Forty minutes is an exceptionally long time…

In critical condition, Inga was transported to the hospital.

In the Intensive Care Unit, she was diagnosed as being in a coma and with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Weeks followed — spent in hospital corridors, waiting for visiting hours. Weeks of waiting for the slightest movement or any sign that Inga was regaining consciousness. Weeks in the cardiology ward, waiting for ablation and for “learning her anew”: reading her needs, guessing her moods, comforting her, and making plans for the future — all without 100% certainty of how much of it truly reached her.

Budzik Clinic

After three months in the hospital in a coma, Inga was transferred to the Budzik Clinic for Children to begin an intensive rehabilitation program: physical therapy, neurological speech therapy, vision therapy, and neuropsychological treatment.

For people who have experienced severe brain hypoxia, time is crucial. This is also true for Inga. Although she still cannot walk, move her hands, or speak, we can say with absolute certainty that she is fully aware of what is happening around her. She communicates with the world using Cyber Eye (C-Eye).

After a year, we want to organize treatment and rehabilitation for Inga that will give her the best possible chance of recovery. We are arranging further therapy and medical care to help her regain the abilities she lost as a result of brain hypoxia. Once again, as parents, we are turning to you with a heartfelt request to support our fundraiser on Siepomaga.

If you would like to be part of Inga’s journey back to health — and help us find everyday life within this extraordinary situation — please support our fundraiser. On Facebook, on the SerceDlaIngi profile, we share fragments of our daily life: moments that sometimes catch in the throat, but also those that move us deeply or make us laugh out loud.

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