Sergei died on April 1, 2010

Hello!
My name is Sergei Aleksandrovich Shcheblykin. I live in the city of Voronezh. I am 37 and have two children: a 10-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter.
I got sick in November 2007, and in December I was diagnosed with acute leukemia.
I have received 4 chemotherapy courses at a local hospital within the period from December 2007 till April 2008. Due to serious complications I had to discontinue the treatment. In October 2008 I had to go back to hospital because my disease started to progress. Another chemotherapy course gave no results. I went to the Blokhin Russian Oncological Research Center in Moscow and was admitted there in November 2008. I had three chemotherapy courses in the time from November 2008 till May 2009. I was then recommended to go to the Raisa Gorbacheva clinic in St. Petersburg for a bone marrow transplantation from a non-relative donor. A donor was found in the European bank.
In June 2009 I came to St Petersburg and was admitted to hospital. Bone marrow transplantation was performed on July 8, 2009. At present I am staying in hospital waiting for the bone marrow cells to engraft.
I spent a lot of money during the 18 months I have been sick, and in order to pay for the transplant I had to sell my apartment. My only income is my pension, and it is not enough to live on during the lengthy period of recovery after the transplantation. That is why I have to turn for your help.
I am very grateful to all who will be able to help me.

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Update as of August 26, 2009. Sergei recovered successfully after transplantation and was discharged for outpatient monitoring. He needs help with paying apartment rent (6,000 rubles) and buying Mycomax medication.

Update as of September 25, 2009. Sergei feels relatively well and he is monitored as an outpatient. Since he never had "graft versus host" disease symptoms, he is planned to receive lymphocyte infusions to prevent a relapse.

Update as of January 10, 2010. Sergei is monitored as an outpatient after donor's lymphocyte infusion. He still needs help with paying for rented apartment.

Update as of January 18, 2010. Unfortunately, Sergey had a relapse. Further therapy is under discussion.

Update as of February 3, 2010. Sergei is being administered treatment with Dasatinib. Unfortunately the level of blasts in his bone marrow has not reduced. Sergei's condition remains stable but grave.

Update as of March 14, 2010. Sergei's condition is worsening. He was transferred under intensive care doctors' watch.

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