Hello!
Please help me with treatment of my 6-year-old son, Alexander Agapitov. He was
diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapse.
Sasha got sick in April 2006. He did not have any complications during treatment.
In April 2008 he completed chemotherapy. However, after Sasha had a cold in August
2009, the doctors noted changes in his blood test results. Once again we came to
Arkhangelsk Children's hospital. Sasha was tested and diagnosed with relapse
of leukemia. We are currently undergoing treatment. It is not as easy as the
first time, but without serious complications.
Sasha needs bone marrow transplantation from an unrelated donor, but we have
no money for activation of the donor (15,000 euros plus 2,500 euros for delivery
of transplant from European collection center to St. Petersburg).
My son is a very active kid. He is the star of the show at his preschool. He
loves to dance, sing and recite rhymes. He really likes to perform and wants
to learn to play a guitar. When he grows up, he wants to be a policeman.
Please help us with finding money for the activation of the bone marrow donor.
Nina Agapitova
164110, Arkhangelsk region,
Kholmogorsky raion, Kiprovo, 10-11,
Contact phones:
+7 (951) 677-96-64 (in St. Petersburg)
+7 (960) 013-38-86 (in Arkhangelsk region)
Update as of February 20, 2010.
We are very grateful to the Rossiisky Fond Pomoschi fund for offering to
raise 10,000 euros needed for donor cell harvesting as well as the money
needed to buy drugs required for the transplantation. We must urgently
raise 5,000 euros for the donor search and another 2,500 for the transplant
delivery.
Update as of March 12, 2010.
On March 11, Theater Center on Kolomenskaya
held Ballet Night and donated proceeds to benefit three of our patients:
Sasha, Dasha Shamanskaya and
Igor Verbitsky.
The ticket sales generated
7,500 euros for the donor search and delivery of transplants for
Sasha, with the money raised by Russian Help Fund we no
longer need to raise more money for Sasha.
We are sincerely grateful to
Theater Center on Kolomenskaya and Irina Moiseevna personally, as
well as ballet soloists from Mariinsky and Mikhailovksy theaters:
Denis and Anastasia Matvienko, Irma Nioradze, Irina Perren, Marat Shemiunov,
Maxim Zyuzin, Aleksey Timofeev, Elena Evseeva, Alexander Sergeev and Irina
Kosheleva, thanks to whom this event was made possible.
Update as of June 6, 2010.
Transplantation is scheduled for July 10.
Update as of July 3, 2010.
Sasha arrived to St. Petersburg and was hospitalized for pre-transplantation
chemotherapy. However, during tests he was found to have sinusitis and
he is now undergoing therapy with antibiotics.
Update as of August 18, 2010.
Bone marrow transplantation has been performed, Sasha has recovered and
discharged to day hospital. First manifestations of skin GVH reaction
appeared, Advantan has been prescribed. Sasha is feeling fine and
his blood counts are good.
Update as of October 6, 2010.
Results of the planned tests show that Sasha is doing good, all blood counts
are normal, there no GVHD symptoms. He still needs Vfend.
Update as of October 30, 2010.
Sasha feels well and his blood counts are recovering. Sasha is very active:
he plays and walks. Donor's bone marrow is functioning and the doctors
told us Sasha is doing well! He can eat many foods, and today Sasha was
allowed to eat a little white chocolate and he was very happy. He still takes
Vfend, 400 mg a day. Sasha cannot wait to go home and to start studying.
Sasha's mom
Update as of November 3, 2010.
Unfortunately, control puncture showed that Sasha got blasts
in his bone marrow. On November 4th he will be hospitalized
for anti-relapse therapy with Cytosar, which will be followed
by donor's lymphocyte infusion.
Update as of November 23, 2010.
Sasha underwent FLAG chemotherapy course and infusion of donor's lymphocytes.
Sasha is recovering and feeling well.
Update as of December 9, 2010.
Sasha was discharged for day hospital. He is planned to have a control puncture.
Sasha feels well and is very active.
He still needs Vfend.
Update as of March 17, 2011.
Based on control tests, Sasha has complete donor's chimerism.
He is on maintenance therapy with Purinethol since there are signs
of minimal residual disease. There are no signs of GVHD. Herpes
infection is under control. Sasha feels well. The doctors are planning
to let Sasha go home so he could be monitored locally.
Update as of June 25, 2011.
Sasha has come for an examination. Follow-up puncture confirmed a
complete remission. Sasha is feeling fine.
Update as of December 25, 2011.
Since Sasha has hypofunctioning transplant, it was decided to perform
planned donor's lymphocyte infusion. Delivery of lymphocytes and their
infusion are planned for January 12th. We urgently need help with paying
for their delivery (2500 euros).
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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