The remarkable story of the Sorokin family (Russia)

This is the remarkable story of the Sorokin family from the historic village of Bogolyubovo in Vladimir Oblast. Once, Olga and Alexei only dreamt of having a single child, but since then they’ve found themselves with five: 19-year-old Anya, 13-year-old Sasha and Georgi, 12-year-old Masha and 10-year-old Sonya. The moment everything changed for them was when one day Anya was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, one of the worst bone marrow diseases. What do you remember about your illness and its treatment? Anya: I don’t remember anything bad about that time in my life. For instance, I was asleep while I was…

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