Arseniy Dunin

Cancer hit me right in the heart.

Senya just lay down and asked me so calmly:
- Mom, am I dying? My heart is pounding...
Arseniy Dunin's mom cannot even calmly remember what complications he had after the first block of chemotherapy started.
- I just saw his heart jumping out of his chest.
This reaction was caused by asparaginase (the main antitumor medication that we have on the protocol).
I had read all about leukemia, its treatment, and the side effects of the chemo drugs. And I was even ready for them. But I never expected that our heart would have a complication. Senya never complained about it.
Our son is already third day in the isolated ward of pediatric oncohematology department, under the IV drips. The doctors try to stabilize his condition. They had to stop the chemotherapy immediately - otherwise Senka's heart would have failed. The consulting group of doctors decided to change the treatment tactics. They were going to take another puncture and send a bone marrow sample to the laboratory of the Rogachev Clinic. Rogachev Clinic. And then they will decide what medication can be used to continue treatment.
It's just scary - NO TREATMENT CAN KILL and TREATMENT CAN KILL. And there is no choice. Cancer made the choice for me and Senka.
Now there's only one thought in my head all the time - I wish Senka had lived.
I'll die without him... We have the same heart...
I do not know what could be more precious than the life of my own child. No, I don't. Now I know cancer treatment.

Cancer treatment is not only scary, it's expensive. And every time we open a new fundraiser, we're afraid. We are afraid of not being able to save a child, not having enough time, not coming to help in time and being late. Just because we have no money, we are afraid not to save a child, but we are even more afraid of not being able to save him because of lack of money.
Let us not allow for cancer to win and Arseniy's heart to stop.

The fundraising for treatment is now open