Don’t let the smile go away

"It seemed to us that we kept the disease under control, but the second concomitant diagnosis – liver cirrhosis, complicated by portal hypertension, pulled the rug out from under us. Again pain, despair, understanding of our own helplessness", mom tells. Girl’s father lost his health working hard physically, earning on another day of his daughter’s life, and got a disability, now only mother can work. But the main Khrystyna's disease – cystic fibrosis – does not allow any treatment interruptions. Both equipment and medicine are needed right there and then, regularly. And they are very expensive. Help now to make a vital supply for Khrystyna.

Despite all the difficulties, the girl goes to school, she is a head of her 5-B class. She attends dances and loves to travel. She is a very kind and a smart child. She has already decided to be a pharmacist and deep down in her heart she dreams of inventing the medicine against cystic fibrosis, so that all such children could just live... 

The disease is very serious, it affects the whole body and greatly complicates the daily life. The cure for it isn’t yet fully developed, but an effective protocol for supportive treatment has been developed, which, along with an active lifestyle, allows living for more than a dozen years. For this perspective to become a reality for Khrystyna, she needs help today. Khrystyna’s family asks us to pay for individual equipment that will help her to resist severe pulmonary infections, as well as drugs to maintain liver function. Cirrhosis is a big threat to a small 10-year-old girl and we have to help her to fight!

Name: Porutsko Khrystyna, 13.06.2008

City: Gorniaky village, Volyn region

Diagnosis: cystic fibrosis with pancreatic insufficiency, liver cirrhosis