Returning to her native mountains

The girl with fire in her eyes comes from the mountains. Viktoria has a malignant blood disease which is lymphoma. At first, there was uncertainty with the diagnosis. Then 5 cycles of exhausting treatment followed. So she has zero immune system. She needs Immunoglobulin that will help to fight against the disease, to detect and to destroy viruses, infections, and malignant cells. Otherwise, she will not have a strength to survive.

Everybody wants to hug this girl. She is so cheerful, vivacious and easy-going. She is a force of nature. She can find something good even in treatment. She knows by heart the schedule of all volunteers. She does what is required, courageously accepts all the doctors’ prescriptions. But space, the mountains, the river call her home. She wants to return to the usual rhythm of life: running around. To her school girlfriend. To her dad, her brother, and her old grandfather.

Her family asks for help. There is no necessary drug in the department. Her mom doesn’t work: at first, she was on a maternity leave, then took care of the household and eventually stayed for 5 months with Viktoria. Her daddy’s salary is too small to buy expensive medication.

Let’s help Vika together! We want so much that her mom could say again: "What about Vika? She doesn’t stay at home. She is running around".

Name: Viktoria Shykitka, 25.02.2008

City: Verhnia Yablunka village, Lviv region

Diagnosis: Burkitt’s lymphoma with affected lymph nodes in the neck