Because of the acetone we can't continue the chemotherapy... The acetone isn't going away, we haven't been able to finish the first protocol for ten days now - Radomira Basha's mother writes. This is the reaction we had with the third high dose chemotherapy. The acetone began to increase on the third day after we received the IV.…
OUR ANYA IS IN MOSCOW! We are sure that all of you remember our Anyuta Porokhnya. A 12-year-old girl with a trembling and tender view of the world... We all fought with you for Anna's life, admired her creative work, looked for donors, and waited for positive news. Anna has bilinear leukemia - the most dangerous type of childhood leukemia.…
The Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin and Yekaterina Sheybut, General Director of Pervyi LVZ LLC, save little Donets cancer patients! The most important step in the treatment of children's tumor diseases is radiation therapy. Young patients regularly undergo this procedure in two oncology departments in Donetsk. The…
And we want to give you a piece of aesthetic delight from our talented children! In honor of International Children's Day, the Department of Pediatric Oncohematology of the Gus Institute of Oncology and Hematology hosted a mini-exhibition of children's drawings "My Dream When I Get Well". A mini-exhibition of children's…
Anna's mother Oksana is writing: For 9 months we have been in the department of children's oncohematology in Donetsk. Anya has acute bilinear leukemia. This is the most horrible type of childhood leukemia. We have been fighting all the way through the 9 months of treatment! Sometimes I look at my little girl, tender and fragile, and I…
Sonia's mom writes: Good afternoon, everyone! For the first time in 5 months the doctors let us go home for the weekend! I am afraid even to say it out loud, so as not to jinx it: Now my little girl is in remission. Sonya feels well, but her lab results are not good. Her white blood cell count is very low and this prevents us from starting…
Can they take off the plug already? - That was the question Yegor Boyko asked the doctors when he found out that he was being discharged from the oncology department. In the spring of 2018, Yegor was brought to the oncohematology department of the Gusak INVH with complaints of severe back pain, which the boy attributed to fatigue from his…
THE COLLECTION FOR ILYA BIRYUKOV IS CLOSED AND WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS!!! I can't believe how many people responded to the tragedy that happened to Ilyusha! News about Iliya's condition! Our medical specialists managed to stabilize his condition. We were even allowed to congratulate our birthday boy. After the…
Sophia Dosyakovskaya, 6, spent almost a year in the walls of the Donetsk oncology department. The girl was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. At another visit to the doctor, the family could not imagine that a simple, as it seemed at the time, fatigue and pain in the body would turn out to be cancer. So the 5-year-old girl ended up in…
Victory Day is a special holiday... A holiday that ignites in the heart of each of us the fire that was once lit in it in memory of the lives of millions of fallen soldiers who, as brave and courageous heroes, fought against all odds... Such heroes are also our children, who fight tirelessly for their lives. Despite all the difficulties and…
On a beautiful day in May, Sonya Muzaleva, our little but very brave girl who has been fighting cancer for almost a year, celebrated her birthday. Sonya has only one big dream - to wake up healthy one day, forgetting forever about the harsh words "pain", "oncology", "fear"... And on our beauty's birthday, our…
For seven years the family has lived with the tragic realization that their beloved daughter will never be healthy... My long-awaited baby girl was born practically dead - she was not breathing, her Apgar score was 2-4," says Katya's mother. "Katya was diagnosed with cerebral edema.Next - weeks of resuscitation, endless tests and…
CREATIVITY AGAINST CANCER! Treatment for cancer is a long and complicated process. Punctures, daily IVs, and chemotherapy are common procedures for children with cancer. Transfusion of donor blood is the most common procedure, which improves the results and the overall well-being of the child. Donor blood is tested for the absence of HIV…
HEROES ARE NOT BORN, THEY BECOME HEROES! Once in an oncology ward, every child experiences fear... It becomes incomprehensible why their mother cries, and why grown-up uncles and aunts in white coats hurt them, saying they want to help... Why you can't run or jump, why your favorite candy no longer appears on the table, and why you have to…
Helping a group of disabled people at the Republican Specialized Children's Home in Donetsk. We have been providing systematic assistance to this group for a long time. Children in this group are special - with various diseases and pathologies. More than others they need not only expensive and vitally necessary medicines, but also care means.…
How unfair and tragic it is that children get sick... Our little hero, Sasha Valuyev, has been fighting for his life for six months... In an instant the doctors gave the little boy a terrible diagnosis and Cancer broke into the family's life... With all its cruel and painful trials. In one day, the 6-year-old toddler became a brave…
You can't even imagine how much effort was made and how many people came together so that Sonya Voloshina could get this life-saving medicine on time. For Sonya, regular injections of the antitumor drug Vinorelbine are not just a necessity. It's life saving (literally). This always smiling and kind girl has Ewing's sarcoma. This…
Katyusha's mom is writing: I cannot calmly talk about the nightmare in which our family has been living for 3 months. One night my daughter complained of pain in her tummy. Poisoning - I thought. Neuroblastoma - doctors concluded. It's a terrible and incomprehensible word, I've never heard of such a disease before. When the doctors…
On June 9 the whole world celebrates a wonderful and kind holiday - International Friendship Day! On this day children from all over the world prepare memorable gifts for each other and have fun in the circle of their friends! Of course, in the lives of our charges children there is also room for friendship, which often begins in the hospital…
Mom writes: Christ is Risen ! Our family congratulates all Orthodox people with the glorious feast of Easter! On Easter Sunday I prayed and asked God for a speedy recovery for my son Sasha. My little bunny is only 6 years old... and he has Cancer... Cancer, which torments my baby day after day, causing him unbearable pain and suffering ... Every…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MASHENKA!!! On a warm April day Mashenka Rusanova celebrated her 16th birthday. Unfortunately, her birthday had to be celebrated in the Department of Pediatric Oncohematology of Institute of Oncohematology named after Gusak, where the girl is fighting the terrible disease - Cancer. Hodgkin's lymphoma is Masha's main enemy,…
For three months now, Sonya and I have been living in the oncohematology department. And every day my baby doll asks me the same question - Mom, won't they hurt me today? You have no idea what it is like to look into your child's eyes and try to evade the answer...This is how to tell your darling little girl that it is going to hurt for a…
Lyosha is only three years old. He loves bright cars and colored pencils, blue clothes and coloring books with puppies. The little boy dreams of an endless supply of chocolates and a trip to the sea. He also really wants to never be hurt again. Lyosha has cancer. Next to the children's toys in his room there are medications and leaves with…
At the beginning of March, our team congratulated the kids from Donetsk boarding school #1. Within the framework of our kindest project "Birthdays in orphanages", the orphans, by tradition, visited the hospitable Restaurant "Pyatnitsa". Which held a lively entertainment program! The guys got an incredible luggage of knowledge…
Mom Victoria is writing: Today is exactly 1.5 months since we are in the oncohematology department... Our tragic little anniversary of the fight with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. On Monday we were supposed to start the second protocol of treatment, but our little girl's body was not ready for another high dose chemotherapy. Her temperature…
What if our Foundation didn't exist? A few days ago a flashmob was launched in Russia called #eslenebudetfonds. Even if it sounds pathetic and presumptuous... But with this, the charities want to show everyone how important their existence is to those who need help. All over the world there is panic, epidemic and crisis. Our foundation has…
Когда в семье появляется малыш - это всегда счастье... Как же радостно выбирать ребеночку имя, покупать милые костюмчики и слышать первые слова... К сожалению, у мам онкобольных детей счастье…
The DNR has confirmed the first Covid-19 infection. Panic and horror is sure to intensify now.World statistics give terrible numbers.The number of deaths is increasing. The whole world is screaming about the danger. In 10 days in Donetsk three of our children died of cancer. Thousands more children died of shelling during the five years of war in…
These pictures were painted by Lera Keptar. Imagine, a girl who defeated a monster, retained in her soul a reverent love for beauty. Lera defeated Hodgkin's Lymphoma by herself. Her parents were replaced by her older brother, and now she dreams of becoming an artist. She has given her pictures to our charity store and she wants very much that…
But even Yegor used to wait for his mother and believe that she would come and take him away from the orphanage. Fate decided otherwise - the boy was left alone. He could have been his mother's joy and his father's pride. But the closest people in the world betrayed him. After the orphanage there was a pre-school children's home, then…
Mommy, I'm so tired of being sick... Why is God doing this to me?! Every day this phrase is heard by the mother of Sonyechka Aksenova, a little 7-year-old girl whose cancer broke into her life on New Year's Eve... And instead of a New Year's miracle, the child faced painful procedures, the loss of her beautiful hair and cancer, filled…
Unfortunately, many of our children watch this beautiful time of year from the windows of their hospital rooms...It's very sad that treatment takes away even these little joys of life, and our task is not only to help the children escape from the constant negativity, but also to diversify their lives within the walls of the ward. Inspired by…
ДАШУНЯ, С ДНЕМ РОЖДЕНИЯ! Yesterday we had a birthday party for an amazingly beautiful girl, Dashenka Chernysheva. The girl is struggling with cancer. And the walls of the children's department of oncohematology of INVH named after Gusak have become a second home for Dasha. Despite all the cruelty of the disease, Darja has…
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPRING Lurking between winter and summer are the most beautiful 92 days of the year. Three months that help you believe in the magic of life and give you faith in the future. Meet spring with our dear children... From Children's social shelter of Proletarian district of Donetsk and Donetsk boarding school № 1. Smile at…
Yesterday was a particularly joyful day at our Foundation, as two of our children, Sonyechka Viynik and Lyonyechka Shkurko, celebrated their birthdays. It is hard to imagine how much pain and hardship our children go through each day. Happy childhood was ruthlessly stolen from them by Cancer... Our kids believe in the best, they want to live…
Children are dying in oncology departments. I learned this terrible fact six months after I started volunteering. It was a girl named Olya with Down syndrome. She died of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. I still remember the shock I felt. How could it be, after all the treatment had yielded results and suddenly everything was so ... My second loss…
This phrase is from Chulpan Khamatova's terrific book, It's Time to Punch the Ice. Indeed, when a child in an oncology ward passes away for whom everything seems to have been done, it is a defeat... It is "not a victory". that makes us lose heart... We are powerless in the face of illness and death... These defeats take away our…
When we find ourselves powerless in the face of illness and death, we want to cry out in despair... Today the heavens found two angels, and two stars were lit in the sky. Today Rustam Lernich and Andryusha Mamedov passed away. We still do not believe in what happened... Two little lives were cut off. So early. So bitterly. Parents - strength…
Together with his loving mother Nastya, Bogdasha continues to fight for his life without pain... The boy has a whole list of complicated diagnoses: microcephaly, severe mental retardation, organic brain damage, epilepsy (Lennox-Gasto syndrome), tetraplegia, severe delay of psycho-speech development. The boy does not speak, does not sit and…
Katusha Zhirnaya. A small, seriously ill ward of our foundation. The girl has microcephaly and a complex form of cerebral palsy combined with frequent epilepsy attacks. The whole life of Katusha's family is a struggle for the children's lives. In addition to her seriously ill daughter, the girl's older brother is also ill. The boy…
And today our hero Stas Bilai has a birthday! And, of course, we couldn't miss this great event. Part of our team came to congratulate the birthday boy at his home! Smiles, good wishes, hugs and, of course, presents - we brought all that to Stas! He didn't expect such a surprise! For 4 years Stas has been fighting for his life with…
With these words all hell broke loose in our Rustamchik Lernich family. What we were so afraid of happened: the disease came back with renewed vigor. Now Rustam and his mother are having a hard time. The boy is spending in hospital bed almost all the time, he is in a lot of pain and suffering from serious malaise. From yesterday the boy's…
Looking at these children, our adult problems seem insignificant and insignificant... Some of these kids grew up in an orphanage and never knew their mother's hands... Some of them were not even in their infancy... Some of them were abandoned at a mature age. It is useless to look for the reasons why these children were not needed...…
Treatment of brain tumors is always associated with risks and complications. Arina Buglo has an astrocytoma. It is a tumor of low malignancy, which fortunately can be treated, but nevertheless requires postoperative chemotherapy. Arinochka took the beginning of treatment very seriously. Her appetite was completely gone, and so was her strength to…
After a story of illness begins a story of triumph - that is the motto with which our special children go through life - children who have had cancer. And we would like to share with you the victory story of one little girl with a sweet smile, dark curls, and an incredibly beautiful name, Kristina. The story begins happily in a family of two…
Friends, we have more than one great reason for your bright smiles. And we share with you smiles and great mood ! We congratulated our brave heroes on their birthdays, because a cancer is not a reason for not celebrating the main event of the year brightly and cheerfully. Seryozha Gordeyev, Tema Bessonov and Maksimka Vinnichenko sincerely wish…
Arishka doesn't leave the room and shows no interest in anything - that's what almost all the residents of the oncology ward say about the girl. Arina has astrocytoma. A severe tumor disease, in simple terms. And Arinka is also only six years old. That's the age when children have an inexhaustible supply of energy. Except that…
A year of pain and fear, tears and sadness, daily drips and painful punctures, blood transfusions and constant tests... That is how little Zhenechka Titarev lived his year. In one day the boy's life dramatically changed: he was diagnosed with leukemia, and his second home was the department of pediatric oncohematology of the Institute of…
Wizards, we are so happy to share with you the good news from our children's lives. Our beloved Davidik found a family almost a year ago...We have been dreaming and preparing for this long-awaited event for so long.The boy has found a real, loving, strong family. There is an atmosphere of kindness and happiness, warmth and love. Every day the…
Bright rays of sunshine on a rainy, windy day? Impossible, you might say! But even such miracles can be done by our team! For the kids from Donetsk orphanage every celebration is special and unique, since it's not just a fun little adventure, but also another great way to see the big world. Dinner in a huge restaurant, hugs, laughter and…
Friends, we will give you some warm rays of light from the lives of our children. Yesterday a wonderful baby girl, Tanya Ivanyuk, celebrated her birthday. The little princess was 4 years old. We heartily congratulate our little sunshine on this joyful day and wish you all the warmest wishes: first of all, a speedy recovery, happy smiles, good…
Thanks to the participation of parishioners in our Easter charity fairs at St. Andrew the Apostle and St. Vladimir's Church, we were able to help our beneficiaries Egorka Boyko (acute lymphoblastic leukemia). Unfortunately, the boy is an orphan, and therefore he needs support and help especially to Stas Bilai (acute lymphoblastic leukemia,…
And Sasha Kasyanova has had guests and presents all morning. No, it's not her birthday. Although this holiday was an occasion for Sasha to get acquainted with a very, very kind girl. Sofia learned about Sasha's illness from her father. You just imagine how much love, kindness and mercy exist in children's hearts - on her Birthday…
He completed his long and difficult treatment at the Department of Pediatric Oncohematology of the Institute of Oncohematology of the L.V. Guskov Institute of Oncohematology of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Our nice boy Yegor It's so nice to share good news about the lives of our wards! For almost a year little boy Yegor has been fighting…
We always write about courageous mothers who go through all the trials in oncology departments with their children. And we completely forget about the dads, who also take on all the troubles, suffering and grief of their babies. Sashenka Sverchkova's daddy has been by his son's side almost from the very beginning of treatment. By virtue…
Watching your favorite movie, have you, friends, dreamed of being in the place of the main character? To relive all his amazing adventures, to speak beautifully about love, or to save the planet from zombies? Probably everyone, without exception, wants to become a part of a Hollywood movie! For our young dreamers nothing is impossible! That is…
Friends, we want to share with you the successes of our small but very brave heroes. Our brave children in their young years face many terrible trials, they have to fight for life with an insidious disease - cancer... Our children's day is packed to the minute: tests, puncture wounds, injections and cribbing - all this instead of the usual…
Friends, smile with us. Their Birthdays celebrated just 2 princesses: Sasha Dan and Vladyushka Pahalyuk Our girls were 12 years old. And we heartily congratulate our talented, wonderful, beautiful girls on their holidays and wish, of course, a speedy recovery, a healthy and happy childhood, happy and warm smiles, sunny days, let your every dream…
Ilyusha will walk, just look how confidently he stands on his feet after a successful Just look at his feet after a successful surgery in Taganrog and how much joy there is on his face! How long the baby dreamed of this! Thank you to everyone who helped us raise funds for the surgery for our hero. To everyone who cared and gave this patient boy…
On November 20, the whole world celebrates Children's Day. It's a wonderful holiday dedicated to the most precious thing in the world - children. But there is a place where this holiday is just an ordinary page in the calendar, and this day will pass here as usual - ordinarily. This is a group of disabled Republican Specialized…
This is how the youngest cancer patients at the beginning of treatment sometimes react even to us - the volunteers... We see the children's eyes running and frightened, the desire to hide and forget forever about the terrible disease... Forget about the punctures, chemotherapy and the walls of the room, which replaced their home... To forget,…
Hello, my name is..." - each of us is involuntarily afraid to hear this seemingly ordinary phrase when we come to the oncohematology department for children. As much as we wouldn't like it, the department is never empty, and vacant beds more and more often "find" new owners in the form of young patients. Unfortunately, every…
There are many ways to support seriously ill children - make a donation, give medicines, pay for tests and examinations. And you can visit our charity fairs, which our team has been holding for 5 years. Visiting the fair you can buy for yourself, relatives and friends handmade souvenirs, which are created by hand cancer children with the help…
Little Misha Pussovsky spent almost a year in the hospital. A year full of pain and fear, sorrow and grief. The daily collection of tests, painful punctures, daily IVs and constant blood transfusions - all this our brave, intelligent, kind little boy endured. Misha's life was divided into two parts: games and entertainment were left behind,…
Still don't believe in miracles? And right now we're going to make you believe in the magical informational power of social media. We've been waiting for this moment for three years, and the man responsible for this post for seven years. Ilyushka, our Ilyushka the Sailor, our Ilyushka the Smiler. Ilyushka that we wrote about so…
On the day of her 16th birthday Lera found out she had cancer. Tender, kind, beautiful and bright. Today is Lera's birthday, but she is celebrating her birthday outside her home in the pediatric oncohematology department. Our team wanted to make Lerochka's birthday even a little, but magical, even though the girl is in gray hospitals…
Immunohistochemical studies are one of the most important steps in making a diagnosis when a serious blood disorder is suspected. Unfortunately, such studies are not carried out in the DNR and we provide assistance in paying for such studies for patients of the Department of Oncohematology of the Institute of Hematology named after Gusak in…
Artemka's holiday began in the morning: the real Spider-Man, who our little hero had been dreaming of meeting, came to congratulate him. Spider-man not only said warm words to Temochka, but also played interesting games with him and solemnly declared Artemchik a superhero and gave him a present. Grow up, little boy, please mommy, daddy,…
Research for Donetsk oncology patients in Moscow clinics makes it possible to give an accurate diagnosis and initiate the most effective treatment in time. Thanks to the charity of our wizards we were able to pay and deliver immunohistochemical examinations to the Moscow Rogachev Clinic for Nastia Trostyanskaya and Volodya Markov, who are…
At the age of 3 the little girl faced a cruel disease called leukemia... After the terrible diagnosis, the girl's life completely changed - in front of her awaited a long treatment in the oncology department... And all of her regular daily activities as a child were replaced by morning tests, daily punctures, and daily IVs... Despite the…
Every girl dreams of being a magical princess... To wear dresses from fairy tale movies, to surround herself with beauty and make the whole world happy with her bright smile. But sometimes such sweet wishes disappear, because the pain of the hardships erases everything, even the brightest dreams... Our beautiful girls, pupils of the Donetsk…
The Christmas miracles continue... Every baby wakes up on a festive morning from the tender kisses of beloved parents, hearing warm greetings and sorting out colorful presents under a decorated Christmas tree... But there is another reality... There are children whose lives have no mom's kisses, dad's hugs, and no rooms of their own...…
For the kids from Teremok orphanage and children's social shelter New Year's holidays were marked by pleasant surprises from our team and friends of the foundation. Bright matinees and New Year's greetings from the Sushi Life restaurant chain. As expected, to congratulate the kids arrived Santa Claus, the Snow Maiden and, of course,…
More than sweets, the kids from the Shakhtarsky Orphanage and Boarding School love to have fun! Everything here is always special. A special atmosphere, a special smell, and, of course, special kids. Every time I come here I feel a little sad. Especially when you see new faces in the younger group. This means one thing - kids were transferred…
Children who end up in oncology departments are forced to grow up early. The healthy and smiling child of yesterday turns into a serious little man. Children are forced to accept the inevitability of regular painful procedures and manipulations and accept the restrictions imposed by the diagnosis. Vova is under treatment at the surgery…
Bogdan is the most ordinary child. With the most common childhood desires and experiences. But there is something unusual in Bogdan's life - he won brain cancer. But the price for this victory was blindness and a wheelchair (the boy can hardly walk). All of this is a consequence of operations, chemotherapy and radiation therapy he underwent…
For 5 years we have been giving orphans positive emotions and a piece of our hearts! And every time we can't hold back tears of joy when children who have experienced pain and betrayal begin to believe in miracles in a new way... In a new way they learn to trust adults and dream. This month, we held three birthday parties for orphaned…
Happy emotions from our special matinee for special children - children who know firsthand what it means to fight for their lives children, in whose life one day burst the dreaded word Cancer. For the kids who are still being treated at home, we held a New Year's Eve party at the "Cars and cats" game center. Both kids and…
Two magical words that take us back to our childhood, when a decorated Christmas tree, falling snow, and gifts found under the tree in the morning caused incredible delight... That's how it was in our childhood. But there is another childhood, seized by a terrible disease... The childhood of our children with cancer... For them the key to…
The holiday in which miracles come to life and St. Nicholas gives warmth and joy to all the children in the world. St. Nicholas decided to please and surprise our children with cancer, who fight for their lives every day and never give up, so he sent a magic fairy to the children with an unusual gift - a magical winter fairy tale made of sand.…
Each of our meetings with the kids from Boarding School #1 in Donetsk is always an adventure. A trip to the zoo in the village of Pridorozhnoye was no exception. We were met well, bought some food for the animals at the entrance and set off on our "trip". Exactly on the trip, because the area of the zoo is about 2 hectares. We saw a…
And we continue to have #Miracles for Orphans by the Sushi life restaurant chain as part of the project of Birthdays in Orphanages. Delight, amusement and surprise - three words that clearly describe the emotions of the children - inmates of Teremok orphanage during our next birthday party! Alive characters of fairy tales, warm wishes, birthday…
Our dreams continue to come true.We are in a hurry to share with you another joyful event in the life of our team.Step by step the department of oncohematology supervised by us INVH named after Gusak is being transformed. Finally in the department completed the repair of the dining room! Now instead of dull gray walls the kids are happy with…
Many people must have heard the story of this unique boy. We have known this family for more than three years, and all these three years we try to support this courageous boy in his difficult struggle for health.Dima has hydrocephalus.It would seem that in our age of modern technology, when medicine has already stepped far ahead, this disease…
