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Yeva loves to paint a lot. When she has a spare moment, she takes eagerly a pencil, a felt-pen or paints. But the lines the girl makes are not very straight because she suffers from nystagmus (that’s when the eyes are "dancing"), and in general, her eyesight has deteriorated significantly. It was caused by the tumor in the visual area of the brain. Yeva underwent twelve cycles of chemo and a surgery. Now the girl needs another surgical intervention to install a special implant and to eliminate the effects of the tumor growth. Without our help, the family cannot cope.

The symptoms appeared when Yeva had just six months: her right eye started "dancing". Of course, the parents went to the doctors and had an examination. After MRI a benign tumor of the chiasm was detected. Since then, the girl was under the supervision of the Institute of Neurosurgery. For three years Yeva didn’t have any complaints. It was only necessary to have regular checkups.

The latest examination revealed that the tumor had increased and there was a cyst. The surgery was not possible right away, so the girl underwent a long period of chemotherapy. Now is the time to perform an operation, but the family is exhausted by a long treatment and has no money to buy everything that is required. Let’s help them!

Name: Yeva Shkulka, 01.08.2013

City: Antratsyt, Luhansk region

Diagnosis: glioma of the optic nerves