SMA Cure for Monika

My name is Monika Lemeshonok, I was born on January 27. 1986 in Belarus, city Mogilev.

I was born healthy child and like all the children started walking at the age of 1 year, I could stand near the crib and walk when I was hold the hand, I was very active child. But a few months, my mother began to notice how my legs began to weaken when I rested in a chair. My family showed me to a neurologist in the Minsk hospital. At the age of 1.5 years I was diagnosed with SMA type 2 (Spinal Muscular Atrophy), which was later confirmed by genetic DNA analysis. It is a terrible disease affects nerve cells in the upper part of the spinal cord that results in atrophy of the leg muscles and back and then to the loss of movement completely, the person ceases to walk and move. But despite my disease and physical difficulties from him since childhood, my mother told me that you need to believe in miracles, live and enjoy life. And I've always believed that in one day will happen miracle and I will cure and be able to walk. I have always admired the world and from an early age loved to draw. At first I was drawing pencils and pens cartoons heroes and then I liked to draw and paint, I painted all around. I started with the teachers of painting in art school.

From a childhood, I gave my personal art exhibitions of paintings in many cities in my country and abroad, my mother helped me in this. Many professionals and art lovers appreciate the artwork on my art exhibition; my art works are in private collections in Europe, Asia and America. On one of my exhibitions gave to me contact of famous professor and neurologist from Moscow Leonora Grinio, who was engaged in Embryonic transplant of Fetal Tissue for people with neuromuscular diseases. The first time I got to her for treatment in 1999 at age 13, where I was made embryonic transplantation of fetal tissue using an injection under the skin. Treatment by Professor L.Grinio was a real miracle for me - I realized that I have a great chance on the way to a dream to be healthy.