Help Vanya cope with Crohn's disease

Children with Crohn's disease need special nutrition, but such supplements are much more expensive than regular food. Due to chronic intestinal inflammation, Vanya takes Resource Junior formula every day, which is an unaffordable amount of money for his mother.

Until the age of nine, Vania was an ordinary healthy boy. And in 2021, his health began to deteriorate. Vania was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at the Rudnev Center in Dnipro. This is a severe autoimmune disease that causes abdominal pain, indigestion, inflammation of all layers of the digestive tract, and the formation of ulcers and scars in the intestines.

Hormone therapy helped Vania reduce the pain, but caused liver problems and excess weight. Hormones were replaced with painkillers, but to no avail: the pain was severe even at rest. The mother Svitlana carried her son in her arms and pushed him around in a wheelchair. Then there was hospitalization at the National Children's Hospital "Okhmatdyt", where an immune failure was confirmed, as a result of which immune cells began to perceive the intestines and joints as foreign.

Vania was prescribed a strict diet and special nutrition, constant intake of the drug Metoject and a number of other drugs. Medicines and regular examinations cost a lot of money.

Vania is a 6th grade student, he studies according to an individual program. In his free time, he likes to draw, create military equipment from cardboard, play chess and backgammon with his mother.

Unfortunately, the boy cannot play outdoor games. In October 2023, after suffering from severe flu, all his joints became inflamed, especially the hip, knee and ankle joints. To avoid complications, it is important for children with Crohn's disease to receive special nutrition. It helps maintain the required level of nutrients in the body and at the same time not aggravate the inflammation. Just one can of Resource Junior costs 628 UAH, and eight of them are needed per month.

Svetlana is raising her son alone. She asks us to help her raise money to provide Vanya with Resource Junior special meals for a year. Friends, let's support this family so that the boy can avoid exacerbations of the disease and continue to develop!