Help Children with Cancer Access Treatment!

Two months ago, we received a letter from Mara.  Her baby son Mikael was little more than a year old.   But instead of celebrating his first birthday, his family was scrambling to raise funds for life-saving treatment.  Just weeks earlier, Mikael was diagnosed with a large liver tumor, hepatoblastoma.  His parents took Mikael for treatment in a clinic in Munich, Germany. Proposed treatment plan included several cycles of chemotherapy and surgery.  During consultations with the best doctors in their native Armenia, Mikael's parents were told that curability of this type of cancer is much higher (90-95%) in German clinics compared to the ones in Armenia where proper treatment is not provided due to low quality of equipment, medications and treatment protocols. Although at first Mikael's parents expected to be able to afford the treatment, they soon realized that they needed support of others to pay for all the bills.

We used $1,029 of the funds raised in this project to support Mikael and his family.  And a few days ago, Mara shared the great news: "I am the happiest mom on earth now! My son is cancer free! Five blocks of chemotherapy, difficult surgery, fever, pain, sleepless nights and days full of stress but never despair are all behind now. With all the prayers, God's will and professionalism of his doctors - surgeons and oncologists, and good care of the nurses he recovered from his deadly disease. The tumor that was poisoning him from inside was removed completely and all other indicators are said to be OK, meaning he has no cancer cells anymore..."

Thanks again for your support got little patients like Mikael!  We hope to bring you many more great stories like this one!