It's no secret that Evelina Bledans (actress, TV presenter and socialite) and Alexander Semin (producer and director) have a child with developmental disabilities - Down syndrome. However, star parents are making tremendous efforts to ensure that their baby grows and develops, is socially adapted. The results they have achieved surprise and shock even doctors.
To give birth or not?
From the very beginning of pregnancy, doctors warned the expectant mother about the possible negative consequences for the child due to her middle age. However, Bledans and her husband did not want to hear anything about this, completely rejecting the warnings of doctors.
Evelina's son Bledans was diagnosed when his mother was in the early stages of pregnancy (14 weeks). The news to the spouses was announced on the day when Bledans and Semin flew to Kyiv to shoot. Evelina was the first to find out about this while resting after her arrival. The attending physician called her and announced that the test results had arrived: “It’s bad.” Further narration of the physician led tohorror actress: it all came down to the fact that you need to have an abortion. At that moment, the TV presenter's husband was absent. Returning to the hotel, he found his wife sobbing on the bed. Finding out the cause of the panic, he called the doctor and announced that they would give birth no matter what.
The couple decided among themselves that they would love the unborn child without any conditions and regardless of who is born - even a dragon. By the way, after birth, it turned out that Semyon Semyonov, the son of Evelina Bledans, has two fused fingers on his left leg, and, as his father jokes, they were almost right about the dragon.
Birth of Seeds
On this day, April 1, 2012, the birth took place in an atmosphere of jokes and general fun. It all lasted, however, until the time when they got the baby. Happy parents at that moment sobbed with happiness, but there was deathly silence around them: the doctors did not share the happiness of the spouses. The reaction of doctors was generally amazing: the joyful couple began to get the impression that someone was not born, but, on the contrary, died.
Specialists began to come to the ward of the woman in labor one after another and examine the newborn. They came, looked, and silently left. At the same time, everyone averted their eyes when Alexander Semin tried to catch their eye - all this alarmed and frightened the spouses. It turned out that the doctors simply did not dare to announce that the son of Bledans had Down syndrome. Instead, they hesitantly repeated the standard phrases: “You understand… You were warned…”
Collect orno?
The peak of cynicism was reached when the parents heard from the doctors the question: “Will you pick him up?” Such an attitude towards “sunny” children can be explained by statistics, and it is depressing. According to her, in Russia the largest percentage of abandonment of children with Down syndrome is 85%. For comparison: in the Scandinavian countries - 0%, and in the USA every year about 250 people are on the waiting list for the adoption of children with this diagnosis. So the question "Will you pick up?" with regards to a newborn "sunny" child, they can only be asked in Russia. In many countries there are special services that deal with the social adaptation of children with Down syndrome, so they can often be seen walking along the promenade or selling hot dogs or delivering pizza.
Most of abandoned children do not live up to their first year of life. Therefore, for Semyon's parents, the question "To take or leave?" is equivalent to choosing "To kill or not to kill?". But Semyon Semyonov, the son of Evelina Bledans, was in good hands…
Caring parents
He alth problems in children with Down syndrome begin from birth: they have a severely weakened immune system, and they are not able to breastfeed. Despite this, the actress Bledans Evelina, whose son turned out to be a “sunny” child, nevertheless decided to try breastfeeding the baby, although the doctors convinced her of the hopelessness of this undertaking. And so the mother began to regularly come to the baby in intensive care, where he was connected by numerous wires to the equipment in order to carry out his plan. Seeing her baby in this position, Evelina broke down and burst into tears, but quickly pulled herself together, realizing that the baby feels and understands everything. And she nevertheless managed to accomplish the seemingly impossible - the son of Bledans, Semyon, began to eat mother's milk, which is vital for such children.
The father also takes an active part in the fate of his son. Provides everything you need, he delivers tests to laboratories, while having a personal driver and an eternal lack of time. By the way, since childhood, my father talked a lot and was friends with such children, because Alexander's parents worked with them. Evelina's husband often came to work with his parents, where he made friends with children with special needs. According to Semin, he developed the ability to communicate with people precisely thanks to his friendship with "sunny" children.
Star parents even refused to live in an apartment in the center of Moscow and moved out of town so that their son Bledans could breathe fresh air and gain he alth. For his sake, the actress cooks only he althy food and grows various vegetables on 10 acres of her garden.
First successes
Increased parental care is not in vain: even in the maternity hospital, the manager noted that the boy had grown much stronger and gained strength. Son Bledans began to talk when he was not yet two years old, which is a real miracle for such a child. Over time, he became even more active - he learned to dance, draw, began to play with his father, Alexander Semin, on the piano. The son of Evelina Bledans completed a course of dolphin therapy,regularly works with a defectologist, and also tries innovative techniques. With the help of his mother, Semyon was able to overcome the problem of visual impairment - early astigmatism.
From the very first months, the boy achieves success not only in personal development, but also manifests himself in the social sphere. Moreover, at such an early age he began to provide for himself and earn money. At the age of 6 months, he received his first advertising contract and starred in ads for diapers and wet wipes.
Evelina Bledans and her son conquer the Internet
Semyon reports on all his successes and achievements on the Web. To do this, the actress started a page for her child, first on Twitter and then on Facebook. There they actively educate their subscribers about the details of raising children with Down syndrome. And for ill-wishers and envious people, Evelina Bledans and her son come up with scandalous sensations, one of which “reveals the secret of the origin” of Semyon Semin. To do this, Bledans posted a photo taken during a charity run, in which she was captured together with Sergey Lazarev, and signed in this way: "Dad, I'm sorry, but I don't look like you." The reaction followed immediately: a flurry of dirty and angry accusations rained down in the comments. But, according to the TV presenter, this mud becomes healing if it is wisely perceived.
Shooting on TV and in clips
In addition to photo shoots and filming in advertising, the son of Evelina Bledans is actively involved in TV: he helps his mother broadcast "Dacha 360". There they plant, dig,harvest, make all kinds of homemade products, face masks from fruits and vegetables.
Semyon, at the age of three, managed to star in a video with the children's group "Fidgets", dedicated to disabled children suffering from autism and Down syndrome. However, the TV clip about children's friendship and mutual assistance is not in demand: none of the music TV channels aired it.
Thanks to the active position of his parents, Semyon became the most popular child with Down syndrome. He often finds himself in front of telephoto lenses, which, according to his parents, helps replenish the family budget.
