Cancer Kids Ukraine

Yuriy Bachuk went back to Rovno to continue treatment. Unfortunately, the cough that he had was not a symptom of cold. An X-ray showed multiple metastases in his lungs. Yuriy has completed the fourth and the fifth blocks of chemotherapy. In Rovno, he will need to complete one more block with Holoxan and then to have a surgery, which is scheduled for early September. Three weeks before the surgery, Yuriy’s parents will have to pay $1,000 for the shoulder endprosthesis. The results of the recent medical examination are very encouraging. The tumor is responding to the treatment. It is resectable now, which was not the case a couple of weeks ago. However, Yuriy still has the metastases. We would like to say thank you to everyone supporting this family. Yuriy also says thanks for the LEGO, portable DVD player, and DVDs. This is a very modest family. Every time we asked Yuriy’s father if he needed anything, he would always say, “Thank you very much. You have helped us already. We try to use the money very sparingly. There are a lot of other children at the hospital. All of them need help. We are not the only ones.” However, this time Yuriy’s father was the first to call us and ask for help with buying the endoprosthesis. It means he doesn’t have any other choice but to ask us for help. It means we must help!

Yuriy is a very shy and simple boy. The only response he has to all my questions is “I am all right.” His family literally lives in the conditions of the “natural economy.” They eat whatever they can grow in their garden. Their only income is children’s allowances and the money they get from selling milk at the flee market. All the clothes they have they got as humanitarian aid. Altogether their family consisting of two adults and five children has an annual income of less then $700. Just think about it: seven people live on $700 A YEAR!!! This family desperately needs your financial support. You know, there can be very demanding parents who think everybody should help them because their children are sick with cancer. On the other hand, there are families, just like Yuriy’s family, who don’t want to burden anyone with their problems, who don’t complain. When I come across families like that, I want to help them more than any other families.