Ariana is waiting for the exam

Ariana spent almost half of her life at the hospital. From two years old this little beauty has been treated for neuroblastoma. The girl has endured a lot of procedures but what about the results? The answer is MIBG scanning, which, unfortunately, is not performed in Ukraine. One has to go to the Italian clinic to find out about the effectiveness of therapy in Ukraine. The price of such an examination is 522 euros or 16 000 UAH. For Ariana’s mom who is a single parent, it’s a very big amount.  

Ariana fell ill in 2017. Then the girl often complained of stomach ache. The doctors of the regional hospital detected a tumor of the left adrenal gland with the help of ultrasound. The mother brought her daughter to the National Cancer Institute in Kyiv. After additional tests, Ariana has prescribed a treatment protocol. And now she has to undergo an MIBG scan to make sure the tumor is destroyed. Her mom asks for help.

Name: Ariana Ihnatko, 26.12.2014

City: Horschyk village, Zhytomyr region

Diagnosis: neuroblastoma