Physical Health Ukraine Project #21329

Life-Saving Treatment for Kids in Ukraine

by Charitable Foundation Zaporuka

Life-Saving Treatment for Kids in Ukraine

Project Report | Nov 30, 2020
Medication and Relief for Emilia, for Vika and 313 Other Kids Like Them in 2020

By Iana Dashkovska | Project Leader

Dear friends,

thank you for supporting Ukrainian kids with cancer!

Now, in the situation of the global pandemic, kids with cancer need your support more than before. It’s not just the issue of personal protection equipment and coronavirus tests required for hospitalization but not provided in time by the state laboratories. It is also the issue of medicines that don't arrive from state procurement. Now we receive more and more requests from kids’ families to help with chemotherapy and other drugs.

That’s Emilia’s story. The girl felt a strong pain in the leg in February. The family doctor didn’t suspect a tumor and just prescribed pain killers. It didn’t help. Then the pandemic started and it was very hard for the girl to go from hospital to hospital, from doctor to doctor. It took several months to receive a correct diagnosis. When the girl eventually started cancer treatment, it turned out that the required chemotherapy, Ifosfamide, was not available at the hospital. It didn’t arrive from the state procurement. So, Emilia’s family had either to buy it or stop treatment. Thanks to your support, the girl received the chemotherapy and continued fighting for her life.

However, physical rehabilitation and psychological support are no less important than medicines. 16-year-old Vika underwent two surgeries because she had a tumor on one leg and metastasis on the other. As a result, she needed much more time than other kids do to make the first step, firstly on crutches, and later on without them. It was hard for Vika to believe in herself and to trust the physiotherapists. At that time, psychological support was crucial for her to find her inner strength. Now Vika walks quite smoothly and without crutches.

As of today, in 2020 you made it possible to help 315 children. Please, support this project on #GivingTuesday today, on December 1, so that kids had medicines, rehabilitation, psychological support, and other essential services in 2021.

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Sep 2, 2020
You Give Chance for Kids to Make Their Dreams Come True

By Iana Dashkovska | Project Leader

May 12, 2020
New Treatments for Kids' Better Life After Cancer

By Iana Dashkovska | Project Leader

Ksenia is working hard to be able to walk again

Dear friends,

thank you for helping Ukrainian kids with cancer!

Now, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and severe quarantine measures in Ukraine, kids continue receiving treatment. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy cannot be interrupted when children’s lives are at stake. We provide the hospitals with necessary protection: more than 1000 respirators and coats, more than 3000 gloves, more than 1900 liters of disinfectants. Also, when necessary, we purchase chemotherapy drugs when there are gaps in deliveries from the state procurement caused by the pandemic.

About ten years ago, when visitors and volunteers came to the pediatric oncology department in Kyiv for the first time, they were shocked to see so many kids without legs or arms. In that hospital, the most difficult cases of bone tumors were treated and at that time the only solution was amputation. Then the first innovation was introduced: endoprostheses, artificial devices used to replace cancer affected bones in order to preserve limbs. We remember the first endoprosthesis surgery here in Kyiv and the girl who received it is now a young adult who visits us from time to time.

At the end of the previous year, one more innovation was tested. In some cases, especially when the tumor is diagnosed at first stages, donor bone graft can replace the affected one. Instead of an artificial metal device in the leg, a kid gets a bone graft that will not require additional surgeries for extension and will grow together with their body. Of course, it’s much better for kids and last year the Ukrainian doctors learned this procedure and performed the first surgeries. However, now donor bone grafts are not provided by the state and for kids to get them they had to be bought.

As of now, three of such surgeries have been performed. All three are successful. Ksenia is making her first steps during physiotherapy sessions. Maksym and Nazarii needed special constructions in addition to the bone and we provided them too. For Milena, we have ordered a bone graft and a required construction and she would have surgery in a few weeks.

With your support, Ukrainian kids can receive new methods of treatment and have a better life after cancer. Thank you!

P.S. In 2019, we did great things to help kids together. In the attachment, you can see our reporting in detail.

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