Irene Krivets, DOB November 20, 2000, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, second acute period, hyperearly relapse with central nervous system damage
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Until the age of 7, Irene was a healthy, cheerful, and happy child bringing job to her parents’ lives. In September 2006, she went to school but as early as in February 2007, she fell sick with chickenpox and flue. Since then, she has been sick all the time – otitis, bronchitis, sinus infection, etc. In May 2007, Irene was diagnozed with bronchitis and was hospitalized to the contagious isolation ward of the specialized children’s cancer hospital in Kiev.
Having completed the antibiotic treatment, Irene was discharged from the hospital seven days later. But four days after being discharged, the coarse breathing came back. Then she started coughing. She had tonsillitis twice during the summer months. However, the doctors didn’t suspect anything, until August 1, when Irene got fever. She started complaining about pain in her stomach and legs and couldn’t walk any more. The ambulance took her to the hospital where they had a blood test done. The results of the blood test shocked the doctors and they transferred her to the contagious isolation ward again. Next morning the results of the blood test got better. But shortly after, Irene got the same problem again. This time she was referred to the cardiologist. Thanks God, the cardiologist was an experienced doctor. She happened to treat the same case some time ago. So, she referred Irene to the hematological department of the specialized children’s cancer hospital in Kiev, where she was immediately hospitalized with the diagnosis acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Irene spent ten months at the hospital. After being discharged, she had to undergo the supporting therapy. Although she spent only 7 months at home, it was long enough for her beautiful curly hair to grow back.
In autumn, Irene’s mother noticed that her daughter became very moody and irritable. However, the blood tests, which Irene did every week, didn’t show anything wrong. But when she started having constant headaches, the doctor decided to have the puncture done. The result of the puncture was like a bolt from the blue – hyperearly relapse with central nervous system damage. Irene was prescribed 7 blocks of chemotherapy and the subsequent bone marrow auto-transplantation. Irene has already completed 3 blocks. Her parents are very upset about the upcoming auto-transplantation because it involves a megadose chemotherapy totally destroying the bone marrow. Without the bone marrow, Irene’s organism will be vulnerable to any infection.
Irene’s parents, Tanya and Gennadiy, were able to pay for the first treatment of their daughter (before the relapse). The only income they had was Gennadiy’s wages because Tanya had to stay with her daughter at the hospital all the time. They don’t have money for the auto-transplantation. And they will have to pay for the medications and donors. They will have to have at least 10 suitable donors before the auto-transplantation can be done, which means they will have to bring somewhere around 50 donors for the blood test. All the parents have to take the donor blood to the private laboratories because the hospital cannot check the blood for all types of hepatitis. Each blood test in the private laboratory costs about $60.
Irene’s parents are very shy. They would never ask for help if not the relapse and bone marrow auto-transplantation. Irene is a very mature girl. She loves painting and reading.
You can reach Irene’s mother Tatyana at +38 050 558 91 19 or her father Gennadiy at +38 067 442 18 97
If you wish to help Irene’s parents financially, here are the details of their USD bank account: