Inherited disease. 3

Viktoriia is 9 years old and she is a remarkable girl. Vika is incredibly talented: she loves drawing, can spend hours creating intricate origami figures, enjoys clever paper games, and is wholeheartedly passionate about music. At school, Viktoriia is one of the best students, who loves discovering something new and making her parents and teachers proud with her achievements. But behind every drawing, every note learned, and every excellent grade lies a daily invisible struggle.

When Vika was just 4 years old, a heavy diagnosis entered her life uninvited – type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent). This means her pancreas produces no insulin at all. From that moment her childhood changed: instead of carefree play came constant monitoring, meal calculations, and dozens of injections every day, along with up to 20 finger pricks. Controlling blood sugar by conventional means requires up to 10–20 pricks per day, and the sleepless nights were especially frightening. Because of this, the girl's fingers are constantly injured, and there is a persistent fear of "missing" a critical drop or spike in blood sugar. For Viktoriia to be able to study peacefully, paint her vibrant pictures, and simply live without unrelenting pain, a continuous glucose monitoring system (sensors) is absolutely vital for her.

First and foremost, the sensor means safety. During lessons, the girl, her parents, and her teachers can see her blood sugar level on a phone screen in real time. This allows danger to be noticed in time right during class. The sensor sounds an alert if blood sugar drops to a critical level at night.

Particularly painful is the fact that Viktoriia's mother also lives with diabetes and already has serious complications from the disease. She knows all too well how dangerous sharp blood sugar fluctuations can be and what consequences come from years of fighting without proper control. That is precisely why the family strives so hard to do everything possible so that Viktoriia does not go through the same pain and fear in the future. Unfortunately, providing these sensors is expensive, and the budget of a family that has been fighting the disease on its own for years is completely exhausted.

Viktoriia very much wants to paint the world around her in bright colors, not see it through the lens of fear and the pain of needles. Your help is not simply the purchase of medical supplies. It is the chance for a talented girl to go to school in peace, pursue her beloved music and creativity, knowing that she is safe.