His dad and mom left him after they discovered about his illness.

His dad and mom left him in a Ukrainian hospital after studying that he had hydrocephalus.

After that, Dima was given to an orphanage for youngsters with disabilities in Kramatorsk, Japanese Ukraine.

When Dima was 4 years previous, he was unable to eat or stroll by himself. The workers on the orphanage fearful that he wouldn’t mature correctly because of the lack of development he was making on the time.

They have been all hoping he would possibly dwell longer, although. Being alive and properly at the moment was seen as a miracle by Dima and the personnel on the orphanage.

Members of Dima’s orphanage have been compelled to go away and search security in a a lot safer space because of the battle in 2014.

The residents of the orphanage anticipated Dima could be one of many casualties of the combating resulting from a scarcity of meals, water, and medication. Earlier than he ‘went,’ they even invited a priest to the room to hope for him.

Dima demonstrated that he has the power to combat regardless of the entire challenges. Like the opposite children on the orphanage, Dima made it out alive.

Finally, he ran upon an American household that had beforehand adopted kids. Seven kids had already been adopted by Ernest and Ruth Chaves of Vermont.

They completed all of the paperwork and fell in love with Dima.

The Chaves at the moment are Dima’s dad and mom. Zebadiah has turn out to be a loving nickname for Dima.

Due to the Chaves’ unrelenting love and care, Zebadiah quickly discovered to feed himself and is now in a position to stroll with a walker. Unexpectedly, he was in a position to turn out to be proficient in every of those skills in lower than a 12 months.

Zebadiah is dedicated to pushing himself to enhance his psychological and motor abilities along with talking English and Ukrainian with ease.