Save the heart of Marina

I'm Marina Dodooh's mother. My girl is very active, smart, cheerful child. This year one of the best graduated from the first class, with great pleasure going to the classes of folk dance ensemble. But all these successes and lessons are given to her not without effort and extra effort.

The fact is that at the age of one and a half years Marina diagnosed - congenital heart defect. She is now 7 years old. Throughout these years, we have been regularly observed in the Amosov clinic with one hope that the defect will eventually close down. But at the last survey doctors sounded a disappointing prognosis. The defect needs to be closed, because there is no hope that it will happen on its own. The defect itself makes itself felt, especially in the autumn-winter period, when our little one starts to constantly hurt. In addition, colds and bronchitis always take complicated forms regardless of what preventive measures and actions "advance" we do not apply. As a result, all treatment ends with the appointment of doctors courses of antibiotics, both oral and intramuscularly. Every cold is accompanied by a huge fear of her condition, because with our diagnosis there is a risk of the appearance of infectious endocarditis, which may arise against the background of infectious diseases. As our doctors, whom we consulted during all these years, told us, in order for our girl to live a full life, and we all forgot about our illness as a terrible dream, we need to close this defect with the implant, an occluder, which parents must buy yourself. But as it turned out its value, about 100 000 UAH. This is not a hoist for us amount. My husband and I both work, but with a total monthly income of about 7000 UAH. We are unable to independently buy an expensive implant and pay the transaction. Our family does not have its own home, we live in the parents of pensioners, who also very much need our support. To date, we have collected small sum, which we have been trying to postpone for several years, and realize that we can lose precious time for us all. From this I, Marina's mother, turn to the charity fund "Heart of the Future" and ask all non-indifferent, generous people to help us raise this amount and make our girl a healthy, happy child.

Name: Maryna Dodooh, 30.11.2010

City: Kiev

Diagnosis: congenital heart disease, atrial septal defect