Nikita needs help with cancer treatment

More recently, Nikita ran, played ball and rode a bicycle. In August this year, the boy began to complain of stomach pains. Weakness appeared, the abdomen increased in volume and jaundice of the skin was added. The worried mother and son went to the hospital and Nikita was hospitalized in the gastroenterology department of the Children's City Clinical Hospital No. 19 in Kharkov. There, during the examination, a tumor of the abdominal cavity was found. The boy is transferred to the oncology department of the CSTO № 1. CT scan of the abdominal organs was performed and a tumor was diagnosed. A few days later, doctors performed an operation and took a biopsy of the tumor. According to the result of the histological conclusion – neuroblastoma.

The child's condition worsened and a decision was made to start chemotherapy. Nikita completed one chemistry course. The child's parents sent tumor materials to the CSD laboratory, an immunohistological study was carried out, according to the conclusion of which - Burkitt's lymphoma.

In order to revise the drugs and determine the tactics of treatment, the medical documentation and tumor preparations were sent for a consultation with a pediatric oncologist at the National Cancer Institute, where Burkitt's lymphoma was diagnosed according to the immunohistochemical study. Nikita was prescribed chemotherapy, which consists of 6 blocks. To continue treatment, he needs drugs: Redditux conc. 500mg fl. 50ml in the quantity of 1 bottle worth 13 506 UAH. and Rixaton 500mg in the quantity of 1 bottle worth 15,278 UAH.

The financial situation of this family is difficult, so the parents are forced to seek help. The mother and son are constantly being examined and treated at the hospital. "At the moment, only my husband works in the family", writes Yana, Nikita’s mother. "Almost all of our income goes to treatment, as we buy maintenance drugs for our child". The family has an older child, Anastasia, she is 10 years old, a schoolgirl. Parents ask for help. Please, support Nikita!