Cancer Kids Ukraine

More than three years ago, Alyona Mischenko didn’t take her daughter Alina to the hospital for the next block of chemotherapy. Alina completed only a very small part of treatment. When the doctor tried to reach Alina’s mother at home, someone told her that this family moved out without letting anybody know where they moved in. Yesterday, I met Alina and her aunt at the hospital. Her mother wasn’t there, probably because of embarrassment. But the most amazing thing in this story is that Alina is alive and well. It’s the second case in Kherson.

The story of Julia Reznik is very similar to that of Alina Mischenko. Alina looks good. She told me, “I am 7 years old. I don’t play with toy cars and guns any more. It’s in the past. Now I am a schoolgirl. I am in grade 2.” Yes, Alina goes to school, like the rest of children. She doesn’t have any health concerns. Her aunt took Alina to the hospital for the consultation, just to be on the safe side. It was Alina who connected me, Nadezhda Chernomorchenko, with Lyubov Vorona, a volunteer from Donetsk, several years ago. How manifold are your work, O Lord! Everything, including life and death, is in Your hands. Praise be to God!