{"id":32814,"date":"2024-11-21T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=32814"},"modified":"2025-02-21T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:50:41","slug":"mom-gives-up-baby-because-of-his-head-4-years-later-theres-a-knock-on-the-orphanage-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=32814","title":{"rendered":"Mom Gives Up Baby Because of His Head \u2013 4 Years Later, There\u2019s>>>>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1450.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32815\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1450.png 526w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1450-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dima Kalekin, born in Ukraine, faced an unimaginable start to life. Diagnosed with hydrocephalus (water on the brain) at birth, his parents made the heart-wrenching decision to abandon him at the hospital. Dima was left behind, beginning his life in an orphanage for disabled children in Krematorsk, Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the grim prognosis and his struggles with basic tasks, Dima&#8217;s resilience shone through. Four years later, he faced a new crisis when war broke out in eastern Ukraine, forcing him and the other children in the orphanage to flee. After days without basic necessities, the children were rescued by a group of separatists and taken to Ukrainian authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the hospital, doctors were stunned by Dima&#8217;s condition, but a priest\u2019s prayers for adoption led to a miraculous turn of events. A couple from Vermont, Ernest and Ruth Chaves, eager to adopt a child from the war-torn region, saw Dima and knew instantly he was their son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dima, now renamed Zebediah, was adopted into the Chaves family, where his life transformed. Within days of arriving in Vermont, he showed remarkable progress, learning to eat with a spoon and eventually starting to walk and talk. American doctors were amazed by his recovery, confirming that his brain damage had been minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Zebediah is thriving, speaking both Ukrainian and English, and continuing to develop with the love and support of his adoptive parents. His incredible journey from abandonment to a promising future is a testament to his strength and the power of second chances. What a bright future lies ahead for this inspiring young boy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=32811\">also read&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dima Kalekin, born in Ukraine, faced an unimaginable start to life. Diagnosed with hydrocephalus (water on the brain) at birth, his parents made the heart-wrenching decision to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47854,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32814\/revisions\/47854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}