Cancer Kids Ukraine

We live in Kirovograd. It’s a nice town and we love it very much. Everything was all right in our family. My husband and me worked, our children went to school. Our daughter, Anna, became a cook and our son, Vlad, was in grade 8. Vlad is a very nice and kind boy. He likes basketball, soccer, and karate. But last summer he started complaining about pain in his hip. We had a look at it but didn’t find anything wrong with it. In October last year we noticed that Vlad got a lump on his hip. We took him to the local hospital, where he had an X-ray done. The X-ray showed a tumor. Vlad was referred to the National Cancer Institute in Kiev, where he was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma of the soft tissues of the hip of the second stage. This is a very rare type of cancer in children and the doctors said it’s the worse type of cancer. Vlad was prescribed the chemotherapy but the chemotherapy drugs are so expensive.

We were able to buy the drugs for the first two blocks but Vlad needs the drugs for two more blocks. Vlad doesn’t feel well. He got a lot of side effects from the chemotherapy – he got problems with his stomach, back, and other organs. But we hope for the best. We have never asked anyone for help. But now we have to. Please, help us… Thank you very much for your compassion and help.  

You can reach Vlad’s mother Nadezhda at +38 095 768 8760