Save the heart Vadym Vakulich!

13-year-old Vadym urgently needs surgery to install an intracardiac implant (the occluder), as his congenital heart defect – perimembranous ventricular septal defect. This is a very common and insidious Vice, which causes pulmonary hypertension if it is not the time to close. About this disease, the parents knew almost from birth. They offered to do an open surgery, but they refused.

Time fled, Vadym growing up, and the shortage began to make themselves known. Almost every two weeks the mother from the school call the teacher says Vadym bad and asks to take him home. The boy turns pale, his lips turning blue, headache, elevated blood pressure.

Mom brought Vadym to the survey in Kiev in Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, and doctors suggest in the short time to close a defect. But they have recommended not to do open surgery, and endovascular – using the intracardiac implant. Vadym has another diagnosis hydronephrosis of the kidneys of the 2nd degree, so the open surgery is generally not recommended because of the high risk of complications.

The family of Vadym is large, they have six children, one of whom is a disabled child since birth. To raise the money for the purchase of the implant they can't. In the family is only father have a job, he is a forester, salary per month is 5 000 UAH. The mother in the home caring for a small child and a child who has a disability. Their own family has collected 20 000 UAH, but the rest of sum they can't collect without our help. So they turn to the big request to help save the heart of their son!

Vadym is a very kind child. He plays the guitar and likes to braid trees from a bead. Let together will help Vadym to have a healthy heart!

Name: Vakulich Vadym, 03.01.2004

City: Olevsk town, Zhytomyr region

Diagnosis: a congenital heart disease, perimembranous ventricular septal defect