Life-Saving Treatment for Kids in Ukraine

Dear friends,

thank you for standing with Ukraine and supporting our children!

Your contributions make it possible to support seriously ill children and their families who are in evacuation abroad and those who remain for treatment in Ukraine. In Kyiv and Lviv hospitals, more than half of the patients come from either the occupied territories, or the territories, where active hostilities occur. Here, they receive the therapies they need and psychological support to overcome anxieties and adapt to a new life situation.

2-year-old Bohdan, diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, came to Lviv from occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. His parents noticed something wrong with the child’s eye after the beginning of Russia’s invasion. At that time, their town was already under occupation.

The father had to make six  (!!!) attempts before he managed to go through the Russian checkpoint with the ill son. The mother was not allowed to go and had to remain in occupation. Firstly, they reached Zaporizhzhia, then Odesa, where Bohdan was urgently operated on to remove the tumor. The doctors managed to save his eye.   

For chemotherapy, Bohdan and his father went to Lviv. There, the father took care of his son during the most challenging days of treatment. At the same time, he couldn’t stop worrying about his wife, who remained in occupation and could not often get in touch because of connection problems. The boy missed his mom very much, and the father tried hard to be as supportive as possible, hugging his boy all the time and cuddling with him.   

Eventually, Bohdan’s mother managed to pass all the checkpoints and the family united. They received all the necessary support to be able to renew their lost documents and settle down in the Lviv Oblast.  Now, between therapies, Bohdan can leave the hospital and have a rest staying with his parents. The family is happy to be together. For sure, that’s one of the things that makes the boy’s treatment successful. Your support is the other. Thank you so much for being there for us now!