Help Cancer Patients Find Bone Marrow Donors!

Nikita is 4 years old and he is fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He is an only child surrounded by his family's love.  Nikita has had some health issues since birth - low birth weight, hydrocephalus, low hemoglobin.  With time, he overcame them and started growing and developing in step with his peers.  But then he started displaying worrisome signs again: he began to get tired often, his tummy swelled, and bruises began to appear on his body. There were more of them every day, and Nikita was getting worse. At first, the doctors in Nikita's native Kazakhstan treated him for a cold. At one point, he started bleeding and was admitted to the intensive care unit in serious condition.  After the tests, cancer cells were detected - 79% overall, with platelets close to zero, and hemoglobin count about 40.  Nikita was urgently administered blood and platelet mass. As soon as he could be transported, his parents urgently took him to Turkey for treatrment. He was taken by ambulance from the plane to the intensive care unit of a clinic in Istanbul where the struggle for his life began.

Cancer treatment abroad costs a lot of money. Unfortunately, Nikita is in a high-risk group. Therefore, bone marrow transplantation was indicated for him. Nikita's parents managed on their own at first, but when it became apparent that transplantation was necessary, they reached out for help.  Search for an unrelated donor, harvesting of the donor's bone marrow, high-dose chemotherapy before the transplantation, and lengthy recovery period after the transplantation make this procedure very costly.  With the help of our supporters, we were able to support Nikita in his fight for his life.  Last week, Nikita underwent bone marrow transplant and is now recovering.

Thank you so much for your support for kids like Nikita!  Unfortunately, cancer treatments for children in the former Soviet Union countries still lag behind those of the developed countries, and modern cancer treatments are often unavailable locally.  Please continue to support our project to allow children like Nikita defeat cancer and lead healthy lives!