To know and to fight

Little Vania has been treated for six months at the Cancer Institute. During this time, the boy underwent six chemotherapy cycles. And here comes the worst time for his parents, the time of uncertainty. The surgery, according to the doctors, cannot be performed. And further treatment without expensive MIBG-examination, which is performed only abroad, cannot be prescribed too. And there is also hope that the tumor could disappear altogether... Knowledge gives strength that the parents need so much to fight for their son’s life.

Vania was born prematurely and remained under the doctors’ supervision. One of the tests revealed a tumor. The diagnosis of neuroblastoma was quickly made and they began treatment at the Cancer Institute. Unfortunately, the location of the tumor is specific and the doctors cannot radically remove it. Further treatment depends on the results of the examination. The Italian clinic in Bergamo charges 522 euros for it. The parents are accustomed to relying on themselves but a long period of treatment exhausted them completely, both morally and financially. Without our support, they cannot cope.

Name: Ivan Ovechko, 24.12.2014

City: Zaporazhia

Diagnosis: neuroblastoma