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 been on the treatment in Istanbul, Turkey.
Initially, he was treated at Anadolu Hospital, but due to spread of Covid-19 they closed pediatric cancer department, and Lev was moved to the Memorial Hospital.
For the last 5 months, Lev have got surgery that removed the tumor from his retroperitoneal area, had 3 courses of chemotherapy in the Anadolu Hospital, and a course of chemotherapy in the Memorial Hospital. After moving to Memorial hospital, Lev had another evaluation and the doctors found that Lev has metastases in the liver, which may require one more surgery and irradiation and transplantation of the bone marrow. The treatment is very expensive, and Lev will need much support to be able to afford the therapy that can save his life.