I represent the administration of the State-Run Educational
Institution Special (Correction) Orphanage of the town of Bogorodsk
and am asking you for your financial help needed for one of our girls,
Nastia Pimenova, born 1996. Nastia has been sick with leukemia since 2001.
Her diagnosis is acute lymphoblastic leukemia, second isolated
marrow relapse, third acuity; acute myeloblastic leukemia M2,
second tumor, acute period.
Nastia came to the Bogorodsk orphanage for preschool and junior school
children on May 31, 2000. Her parents have been deprived of their parental
rights. In April 2001 Nastia was admitted to the hematology unit of
the Novgorod Regional Children's Clinical Hospital where she was
diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A treatment course
resulted in a remission in 2003.
On May 5, 2004 Nastia had a pre-school examination and was recommended
to go to the 1st grade of a special (correction) school of type 8.
On September 1, 2004 Nastia came to the State-Run Educational Institution
Special (Correction) Orphanage of the town of Bogorodsk. In March 2006
Nastia suddenly had a fever of 40°C combined with a bad headache, cough
and a hemorrhagic skin rash. Nastia was urgently admitted to the Novgorod
Regional Children's Clinical Hospital where she got the following
diagnosis: relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, neuroleukemia,
toxic encephalopathy, toxic hepatitis, toxic cardiomyopathy resulting
from long-term administration of anticancer drugs.
Nastia has been staying at the hematology unit of the Novgorod Regional
Children's Clinical Hospital from March 10, 2006 till September 11,
2007 and got 10 chemotherapy blocks and brain and spinal cord radiation
therapy. She continued to get ambulatory treatment up until
May 20, 2009.
Long-term administration of anticancer drugs resulted in new
complications – osteoporosis and secondary immunodeficiency, but she was
in remission from leukemia, and the drugs were canceled on May 20, 2009.
On August 5, 2009 the hematologists of the Novgorod Regional Children's
Clinical Hospital diagnosed her with a second leukemia relapse, and Nastia
was once again admitted to the clinic for the treatment course. That's
where the girl is now.
The only chance for Nastia is a bone marrow transplantation.
The search for a donor in the International registry costs 15,000 euros
and another 2,500 euros are needed for the delivery of the transplant
to Russia.
The money that came in to Nastia's bank account amounts to 485,734.89
roubles. This is what she got from the Nizhny Novgorod Ministry of
Education and Ministry of Finance, as well as administration of the
town of Bogorodsk, individual entrepreneurs, commercial organizations
and private persons.
Please help Nastia!
Update as of December 15, 2009.
We are sincerely grateful to Russian Help fund for agreeing
to cover collection of donor's transplant material that costs
10,000 euros. Therefore, we urgently need to raise 5,000 euros
for the search for the donor.
Update as of March 18, 2010.
The debt to the bone marrow donor registry for
Nastia is paid for in full. Transplantation is scheduled for March 27.
Nastia came to St. Petersburg with a nurse who can only stay with her for a
few days.
We are sincerely grateful to Russian Help Fund for agreeing to pay for the
professional nurse services. We urgently need to raise 2,500 euros to pay
for delivery of transplant to Nastia.
Update as of March 26, 2010.
Nastia started pre-transplantation chemotherapy. The transplantation is
scheduled for March 27th. Nastia feels well. We are very grateful to
Russian Help Fund for paying for around-the-clock sitter for Nastia.
Update as of April 3, 2010.
Nastia is in cytopenia after transplantation, but she feels
well and has a good appetite. She will be very happy
to get cross-stitching sets.
Update as of April 30, 2010.
Nastia suffers from stage IV intestinal GVHD.
She is in intensive care unit on enteral nutrition and
receives painkillers around the clock. Nastia needs Intestamine,
intravenous Vfend and Albumin constantly.
Update as of May 8, 2010.
Nastia is still in intensive care unit. She was put on artificial
lung ventilation. Nastia is in a serious condition.
