Cancer Kids Ukraine

I don’t know where to start. Let me try to start from the good news. Yura Surzhikov is not only able to breathe on his own now, he is also able to swallow. Yesterday I saw him walking while holding on to the rail. That’s how much he wants to live! Now some bad news. On Monday, Yura’s mother is going back home leaving her son with a babysitter or to be more exact with several babysitters, who will be taking turns. Yura’s mother is unable to provide the care he needs. That’s why she is leaving home. But we shouldn’t leave him! Yura needs an adult with him at all times. He needs help with feeding, administering chemotherapy drugs, etc. Discharging him from this hospital in this condition will equal to death. It would be unfair to him after so many months of fight against cancer. Please, help Yura. He needs money to pay for the services of the babysitters. He also needs money for food, clothes, shoes, bed sheets, toys, books.

He is also dreaming about a portable DVD player so that he could watch cartoons. All these things cost a lot of money, which we don’t have. The babysitter will start working on Monday. We found the cheapest babysitter ever – her services cost only $20 a day. But we don’t have even that type of money. Please, help this boy. You have helped him so many times already. It’s a crucial moment in his treatment. Yura was prescribed a 1-year chemotherapy. If there is no relapse, he will have to spend one year at the hospital. He won’t be able to do it on his own!