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Michael Klapchuk

2012 02 11 Views: 1944


Michael is the youngest in our family. From his birth, we were fighting for his life. He was born prematurely and with heart failure. Michael was weak and he often had colds that ended with laryngitis, attacks, and seizures. Michael was under doctors’ supervision all the time. Several times, we took him to Lviv and Kiev for consultations with specialists. In 2011, Michael started first grade. He was weak and tired, and he had frequent colds. Nonetheless, he was eager to study. On January 14, 2012, Michael complained of a stomachache, and his stomach was big and hard on touch.

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Arina Zhurakovska

2012 02 10 Views: 701


Arina Zhurakovska is a five-year-old girl under the care of the charitable foundation "Ty Anhel". The girl has cerebral palsy. She has been diagnosed with right-sided hemiparesis with pronounced motor skills disturbances. In spite of everything and thanks to the intense therapy during the last several years, the girl is able to walk all by herself. However, to complete the rehabilitation, the family needs 60000 grivnas. Arina's mother is a single parent, and the family does not have that much money. The thorny life path began right at birth: artificial lung ventilation, infusion therapy, umbilical catheter are just a few trial of a poor child.

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Ivanna Kuzan

2012 01 29 Views: 818


During a physical at school, doctors noticed spots on Ivanna’s lungs, but they did not explain what that could be and refused to refer the girl to see a specialist. At that time, Ivanna always had fever and dry coughing. ESR was high, and of hemoglobin was low. The girl was getting worse every day.

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Ivan Moskaliuk

2012 01 17 Views: 670


Ivan Moskaliuk is a thirteen years old boy. In his short life, he suffered a lot. When he was five, his younger brother Roman died of brain tumor. One year later, his mom died of liver cancer. She was the closest and the dearest to Ivan, and she was only 39 at the time of her death. After these misfortunes, Ivan and his father continued to live a simple life in a village, and the father was taking very good care of the son. They did not have any support from extended families. Many of their relatives died, and the others live far.

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Olia Pylypchuk

2011 10 25 Views: 767


Olia was admitted to the children’s regional hospital with a severe diagnosis – acute leukemia, and she is in the middle of the first protocol now. The treatment is very hard on Olia. In our family only father is working. Olia has two brothers and a sister. Soon, Olia will be transferred to Kiev or Lviv for further treatment. The money that we had for the treatment is running out. Please help us to cure our daughter. After the chemo, Olia lost all her hair, and before she had a beautiful braid. Because of stomatitis, Olia cannot eat anything.

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