Hello!
My name is Igor Simonov, I am 31 years old. My 31st birthday turned out to be fatal for me.
I felt bad: my knees were swollen and in pain which made walking difficult,
I had a sore throat and felt awfully weak. For a month I was being treated
for tonsillitis, and the precious time was lost.
The doctors at the policlinic failed to cope with the situation and sent me
to the Botkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases No.30. Only there, having
performed a blood test, did the doctors diagnose me with the disease
that can turn to be the last stage of my rather short life:
acute myeloblastic leukemia (M4).
With this diagnosis and in an extremely grave condition I was
transferred to City Hospital 31 where I was
administered first aid in intensive care since my blood counts
were nearly incompatible with life at that time.
By now I have had two chemotherapy courses but the doctors say
that without a bone marrow transplantation chemotherapy is just a
temporary measure. We will have to search for a donor in the international registry.
Unfortunately I have no funds for the donor search and transplant
delivery to St. Petersburg (which is 17,500 euros).
Bone marrow transplantation can lead to serious complications, and
I will need more funds to cope with those
because government support does not cover all necessary drugs.
Please help me raise the money for the surgery which will give me
hope to recover, to see and love my dear ones,
to realize all that has been planned.
Igor
Contact phone:
+7 (921) 910-78-01 (Olga Simonova, mother)
Update as of December 3, 2010.
After the 3rd chemotherapy cycle, Igor's blood counts are not yet normal,
and since Friday he has been receiving platelet transfusions. If the blood
counts rise, he will be allowed to stay at home until the 4th cycle.
Update as of December 9, 2010.
Lymphocytes still do not increase and Igor has high fever
that is being reduced with antipyretics. The drugs help, but
only for the short period. Doctors continuously take blood
for testing, and no infection is present. In general, the
cause of the high fever is still unknown.
Today Igor will have biopsy and more blood tests. Doctors
suspect fungal infection in lungs. The fourth round of
chemotherapy cannot be started until he recovers.
On December 2nd Igor's mom received a confirmation of the
first transfer to the register (5000 euro), so the active
donor search has already started. As of today, the money
raised (including the first transfer) are: transfers to bank
account (including cash that was deposited by Igor's mother):
285,000 rubles, web-money: 4100 rubles,
yandex-money: 3481.25 rubles.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of December 17, 2010.
Gradually, body recovery processes are starting up. Igor's fever has
been gone for a week now, and his leukocyte count is growing.
Igor continues receiving four different antibiotics daily.
He is not scheduled for any procedures for near future and
the reason for his past fever remains a mystery.
There is a chance that Igor will be discharged for the hospital
for the holidays, as the 4th cycle will not be started
before the New Year.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of January 17, 2011.
A donor was found for Igor at the international registry.
Tomorrow he will have a consultation with Prof. Afanasiev.
Transplantation is preliminarily scheduled for March.
Update as of January 24, 2011.
Igor does not feel very well. His leukocyte and platelet counts
are still low. Since Friday, Igor is having high fever. It is being
brought down several times a day, but it is not clear what
is causing it. The likely culprits are fungal infection or catheter infection.
Update as of January 28, 2011.
For two weeks, Igor had a viral attack on his body, which was
accompanied by high fever (to 39.5 C) and fatigue. During that time
Igor was under intensive therapy.
As of today, his doctors stabilized his temperature at 37C.
His blood counts started to grow: leukocytes are 0.9, platelets are
50 and hemoglobin is 80.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of February 8, 2011.
A week after the viral attack, Igor developed issues with his spleen.
Today he will undergo repeat MRI, results of which will help make
a decision regarding further treatment.
Today Igor will also go to R. Gorbacheva Pediatric Hematology &
Transplantology Institute to meet the personnel of the clinic
where he will undergo bone marrow transplantation. He is recovering,
his blood counts are growing gradually and he is feeling
better overall.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of February 18, 2011.
Igor is receiving blood transfusions. Based on results of tests on
removed spleen, he was diagnosed with a fungal infection, which will
be treated with strong antibiotics for 7-10 days.
Igor feels well and he is starting to walk gradually.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of February 24, 2011.
Today some of the stitches were taken off and the rest of them
along with the tube will be removed tomorrow. The ultrasound did not
show anything wrong post-surgery. Overall, Igor feels well and his
blood counts are good.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of April 5, 2011.
Transplantation went as planned. Igor feels rather well.
Update as of May 7, 2011.
Igor is at home, he is very weak for now. But the most important
thing is that his test results are good.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of June 21, 2011.
Igor is being monitored at the clinic #31. He is in remission
in regards to primary diagnosis. His blood counts are normal,
but he has slight GVHD symptoms. Igor still needs Vfend.
Update as of August 10, 2011.
Igor feels well and GVHD symptoms are under control.
He is continuing Vfend therapy.
Update as of September 22, 2011.
Igor's test results are normal, but he has issues with his
legs due to varicose veins. He had a consultation with
neurologist and was prescribed medications. Overall he feels well.
He is continuing Vfend therapy.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of November 14, 2011.
Igor had issues with his stomach. They were taken under control
with the long-term hormonal therapy. Igor is now trying to gain weight,
but it is very dfficult.
Yulia, Igor's sister
Update as of February 23, 2012.
Igor is at the day patient facility. He is feeling fine and is
administered Entocort as prophylaxis of intestinal GVH reaction, and
also Valcyte since his cytomegalovirus titer has gotten higher. Sometimes
Igor has a fever, which is why he is on antibiotics. Vfend is still needed.
Update as of April 20, 2012.
Igor is being monitored as a day patient. A series of tests is being planned.
Igor developed toxic hepatitis and hepatomegaly (liver enlargement) and was
prescribed Phosphogliv and Hepa-Merz. He still needs Entocort to prevent
recurrence of GVHD, as well as Vfend.
Intermediary bank:
Commerzbank A.G.,
Frankfurt am Main
(SWIFT: COBADEFF)
Beneficiary's bank:
corr. account
400886797000 of
Energomashbank PLC,
St. Petersburg, Russia
(SWIFT: ENEBRU2P)
in favour of account
Beneficiary:
40817978371116814321
Simonova Olga
Beneficiary:
Non-Profit Organization
"AdVita Charitable Foundation"
acc. 40703840712001000468 Beneficiary Bank:
JSC Bank Otkritie, Moscow
SWIFT: RUDL RU MM
For Petrovskiy branch,
St.Petersburg
SWIFT: RUDL RU M1PET Adress of Beneficiary Bank:
191186, Saint-Petersburg Russia,
Nevsky pr. 26
Correspondent Bank #1:
Bank of New York Mellon,
New York, USA
SWIFT: IRVT US 3N Correspondent Account No:
8901003069
Correspondent Bank #2:
JP Morgan Chase Bank,
New York, USA
SWIFT: CHAS US 33 Correspondent Account No:
822839205
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Beneficiary:
Non-Profit Organization
"AdVita Charitable Foundation"
acc. 40703978312001000468 Beneficiary Bank:
JSC Bank Otkritie, Moscow
SWIFT RUDL RU MM
For Petrovskiy branch,
St.Petersburg
SWIFT RUDL RU M1PET Adress of Beneficiary Bank:
191186, Saint-Petersburg Russia,
Nevsky pr. 26
Correspondent Bank #1:
Deutsche Bank AG,
SWIFT: DEUT DE FF Correspondent Account No:
9477134
Correspondent Bank #2:
Commerzbank AG,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
SWIFT: COBA DE FF Correspondent Account No:
400886482900
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