Agata is three years. She is from Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. Agata has been suffering from cancer since November 2020 when her mom noticed that she started preferring quiet games instead of running all over the house like she used to. She began complaining of pains in her legs and she was having periodic fevers, but […]

In early 2019 little Sofia just turned 1 when she suddenly began losing her recently acquired ability to walk. Soon after she began vomiting – as frequently as 3 times a day. When she was examined, a tumor – rare and highly malignant anaplastic ependymoma – was discovered in her brain. Her parents traveled from […]

Six-year-old Sofia was diagnosed with acute leukemia in January. She is the only child, and her parents were shocked to learn about her diagnosis. Sofia’s treatment was started immediately, but she had a very difficult time tolerating the side effects of chemotherapy and was taken to ICU twice in the first month of treatment. Although […]

Ilona is 16. She was diagnosed with osteosarcoma 10 months ago, in July 2020 in the middle of pandemic. She was initially treated close to her home in Krasnodar krai in Russia, but osteosarcoma is a difficult, insidious cancer and it requires specialized treatment that was not available for Ilona locally. In September, her parents […]

Little Sofia is now 3. When she was 1 years old, she suddenly stopped walking. After multiple evaluations, she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer, and referred to a Children’s hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine. The first cycle of chemotherapy was such a shock to Sofia that she spent 10 days in ICU […]

Vladik was born in Ukraine in 2012. All was well, and he was growing up a smart and active boy. Vladik received many compliments on his beautiful eyes and he made his parents happy with his many talents. But then came the day that turned the life of the family into before and after: when […]

Little Zlata was born on December 12, 2015 in Dnipro, Ukraine. In late 2020 Zlata was diagnosed with stage IV neuroblastoma of the left adrenal gland that had already mestastasized throughout her body. She had a surgery to remove the tumor and received chemotherapy in her native Ukraine.  She did not tolerate it well and […]

Makar is 2 years and 7 months old. He is a joy to his parents – a cheerful, smiling boy, he plays with objects and toys, builds pyramids and loves his construction kit. At the age of two months, Makar was diagnosed with a brain tumor.   His official diagnosis is giant, infantile, hemispheric glioma, […]

Little Ulyana is not yet two, but already she is facing a struggle for her life.  In July 2020 she fell and got a bump on her head that would not go away. The doctors did not see a reason to be concerned at first, but by the end of August the bump had visibly […]

Anna is a bright and happy 15-year old. In spring of 2019 a classmate pushed her, and she ended up with a back trauma that healed over time. But six months later, she began having pain in her pelvis and started limping. Anna’s parents took her to a neurologist and she was diagnosed with an […]

Rostislav is 3 years old. He has been growing up healthy and happy and enjoyed going to daycare. A month ago he suddenly began complaining of stomachaches, and his parents took him to see a doctor. A large abdominal tumor was discovered by Rostislav’s local doctors in Khmelnitskyi, in western Ukraine, and he was referred […]

In May 2020 Victoria, a 9-year-old elementary student from Ukraine, suddenly began having numbness and pain in her face. After evaluation and images, she was discovered to have a tumor of the bones at the base of her skull. Her parents were shocked at the news, but began Victoria’s treatment at the local hospital immediately. […]

Little Lev (2 years and 10 months) was diagnosed with High Risk Neuroblastoma, stage 4. As most families in such a situation, his parents spent most of their money and their friends’ help on treatment and are now looking for some help. Lev is from Ukraine but since the end of January 2020, he has […]

4-year-old Liubomir from Lviv, Ukraine has always been an active and happy boy. He loved his soccer team and was never sick. In May 2020 Liubomir was discovered to have a large tumor in his left kidney – 16.5×13.5cm. He was immediately hospitalized in a local hospital for evaluation that confirmed cancer diagnosis. Liubomir underwent […]

Alexei is 3 years old. He is from Ryazan, Russia. When he was 2 years old he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, high risk. This is a relatively common solid tumor that arises primarily in children. After undergoing standard therapy Alexei achieved good partial response and needed to continue treatment with immunotherapy that is not registered […]

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 […]