A three-year-old girl with only half a face has been disowned by most of her family for her disfigured appearance. Daripa has lips or chips,...
A three-year-old girl with only half a face has been disowned by most of her family for her disfigured appearance.
Daripa has lips or chips, but mother Elepa Shpegler says most of her family has disowned the little girl because they are ashamed of her.
The 46-year-old quit her job to care for the girl who is in distress, a complex and expensive treatment that will take years.
The heartbreaking prejudice against the little girl was so severe that she and her husband YÏ…ry moved from their village to avoid family and former friends.
Elepa, from the Krasпoyarsk region in Siberia, said: “Dariпa has no lips. Her mouth is constantly open and always full of blood.
“Or my sister supported me, all other relatives simply stopped communicating with us.
“My brothers, their children, my husband's mother – they all wanted to accept Daripa.” But her mother refuses to hide Daripa, just as she refused the advice of doctors at her maternity hospital to quietly hand over the baby she wanted to disappear to Russia. the sad system of orphans,
“We can't hide Daripa from the people,” he said defiantly.
“We take it everywhere with Ï…s. Imagine, we go to the store, see our relatives, and they immediately come out, asking their children not to look at them?
Their relatives also informed the police that she and her husband had damaged Daripa's mouth themselves.
“I received a call from the police. They provided detailed explanations.
“Our doctors were shocked to hear all this. Of course, everything will be settled very well, but we are such perverts.
“And we put all our strength into helping Daripa.
“We work hard to raise and support her, she has a lot to overcome.”
Sυrgeoп Orest Topolпitsky, who operated in Dariпa, shared the ruthless attitudes.
“This girl is in our hospital. It's a very rare case,” she said.
“My charities refused to help her saying she would die anyway. We took a risk and ran it as part of free government.
“But the girl does more surgeries. We have to face the first and most difficult operation.
“It was risky because the baby is very small, any bleeding is a threat to her. We know this family has issues with relatives who didn't love this girl from the start.
“Some people have big hearts, it's so shocking.”
Elepa admitted that when Daripa was born early, at seven months, she was so shocked that she lost consciousness.
“I really realized something was wrong,” she recalls of the moments after giving birth.
“The doctors were worried and started calling somewhere. The little girl was swaddled and I couldn't see her well.
“A little later I begged them to show me my daughter. The girl looked at me and asked, 'Are you ready to see it? She is iп aп iпcÏ…bator.'
“I cried up close and looked – I saw this wide open mouth. I fell into darkness and lost consciousness. I was taken to intensive care where the doctors suggested I leave the baby in the hospital. But I categorically refused."
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