Sasha was born healthy and developed like other babies, but when she was 8 months old, her mom noticed one of her eyes was moving slightly. Sasha was taken to see neurologists, and after MRI a 3 cm tumor was discovered in her head. In December 2018 Sasha was scheduled for surgery in Moscow. Unfortunately, […]

Ivan’s fight for his life began 9 years ago, when he was only 4. On September 2, 2010 to his parents’ utter shock he was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Ivan was treated at the local hospital in Nikolaev, Ukraine and it went well. Once he finished treatment, Ivan completed preschool and then entered elementary. Suddenly, […]

Vova is happy, friendly kid from Ukraine who loves animals and his bike. He is now 10. In April Vova had a cold that went away in a week. A few days later, his symptoms returned and Vova began feeling worse and worse. By the end of May he could not attend 4th grade graduation […]

Stas is a 14-year old from Ukraine.  In early 2017 he had a surgery to remove a tumor.  Local doctors determined it to be benign and Stas had no further treatment after the surgery.  In March 2019 Stas began having stomachaches and saw doctors again.  He was referred for evaluation, and the scans showed multiple […]

Oraz is a 10-year old from Kazakhstan. He first began feeling unwell in early 2017. Unfortunately, local doctors failed to diagnose him correctly, and misdiagnosed him with tuberculosis. Oraz had two surgeries on his lymph nodes, but his disease continued to return. Finally, Oraz’s parents asked for a second opinion in Moscow. The correct diagnosis […]

Ekaterina Romanenko has just turned 14 years old. She comes from Sakhalin Island, which is in the Far East of Russia. In 2017, Ekaterina has received two vaccinations against papillomavirus using Gardasil 9 vaccine. In October 2017, a month later after the second vaccination, she developed a painful swelling in the injection area, which had […]

Irina was born and grew up in Crimea. She had a gift for languages and became a teacher of English and Italian. Her son followed in her steps and he now teaches English as well. After takeover of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Irina’s family moved to Kiev where they started their lives over. They […]

Seven-year-old Misha is from Belarus. Tn May 2015 he suddenly stopped being able to breathe through his nose. His worried parents took him through multiple consultations before a diagnosis of cancer was established. Like a marker, it divided their lives into years without pain, and years with constant tests, infusions, fatigue, exhaustion and pain. In […]

Little Giorgi from Georgia started feeling unwell last March – his temperature rose and he stopped eating. Until then he was a lively, active kid who enjoyed going to daycare. The parents took Giorgi to the local doctors who gave him a shot and brought down the fever. However, it soon returned. Giorgi parents took […]

In 2011 Almira was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia that required bone marrow transplantation as treatment. After undergoing part of the treatment in St. Petersburg, Almira traveled with her parents to Israel where she received the bone marrow transplant from her baby sister. Numerous chemotherapy cycles and whole-body radiation therapy helped ensure success of the […]

Valeria is from Sakhalin island in Russian Far East. She is the only child. As a baby she had heart issues, but they resolved by the age of 2, and Lera was able to start preschool. Unfortunately, soon after in fall of 2014 she developed pain in her abdomen and intestinal problems. For weeks she […]