Soldier Ihor Holoida, call sign CHELENTANO Copied!

When the full-scale war began, I was in Spain. But I could not remain there, knowing what was happening at home. In 2022 I returned to Ukraine to defend my Homeland.

Since then there have been many roads and various front directions. The Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Kursk directions. Combat missions, constant physical strain, heavy equipment, kilometers on foot. There you think about your own health last of all. As long as you can walk — you walk. As long as you can carry out missions — you carry them out.

Over time my knee began to make itself known more and more frequently. The great and constant physical strain took its toll. But the situation finally worsened after one of the combat sorties. We were driving to a mission when an FPV drone struck our vehicle. The car flipped over and caught fire. We miraculously managed to get out and survive.

At that point I severely injured my knee.

I endured the pain for a long time. I thought it would pass, that I simply needed a little time. But it only got worse. Constant aching pain is now with me practically always, and I can no longer walk normally or carry out service in full capacity.

The examination revealed necrosis of degree III. The doctors explained that at this stage conservative treatment will no longer resolve the problem. The only option is endoprosthetic replacement of the knee joint.

And delaying the surgery is not possible. The destruction of the joint is progressing, the pain is intensifying, and mobility is becoming increasingly limited. The longer one waits, the more difficult the subsequent recovery may be. I have already been through enough to understand: right now it is not a time to endure, but to act.

The surgery itself will be performed free of charge. But a high-quality implant needs to be purchased. One that will give me the ability to move normally and will serve not just a few years, but many decades.

That is why today I am compelled to ask for help.

After everything that has happened, my dream may seem strange to some. I want to walk normally again. To recover. And to return to service in order to continue defending Ukraine.

Once I returned from Spain because I knew I was needed here. Today I myself need support in order to be free of pain and to get firmly back on my feet again.

Thank you to everyone who will be by my side!

 

COLLECTING: UAH 110,000