Living with no limits

Vasia is 11 years old, and his dream is not a new smartphone but a pair of sneakers. Yes, just ordinary sneakers instead of orthopedic shoes that make his feet bleed. The difference between Vasia’s legs is almost 11 centimeters. That’s how much the guy "outgrew" a domestically produced endoprosthesis that he was installed in 2014. During this time, Vasia had a lot to go through: the first treatment at the Pediatric Department of the National Cancer Institute, going back to the hospital with a recurrence, surgeries for the removal of lung metastases, treatment in Poland, extension of the prosthesis. All this has produced results: oncology is defeated. 

But the boy is growing – his healthy leg is growing too and the other one remains the same. Vasia has outgrown his prosthesis so much that it left its seat and dug into the soft tissues causing unbearable pain. It is necessary to install an expandable Mutars endoprosthesis which will help extend the leg, as well as save the organs from displacement and the spine from misalignment.

In Vasia’s family, there are an only mom and older brother. His dad died in a car crash when the boy was only four years old. Two years later, Vasia fell ill with cancer. Hardly had they completed the treatment when their house burned down. All their savings were exhausted.

Now only we can save Vasia’s leg so that the guy could wear sneakers of his dream and live with no limits!

Name: Vasyl Davydiuk, 13.01.2008

City: Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr region

Diagnosis: osteosarcoma