31.12.2009 Vasya Semenov is
at Pediatric Academy. Vasya is in remission, but his cardiogram results
are not very good. Vasya's family is experiencing very serious financial
difficulties. Please help!
31.12.2009 Vanya Platkov
completed monitoring at hospital No.31, and he is in remission. However,
due to complications after the surgery, he still needs to visit
Mariinsky hospital. Vanya feels well and is in good spirits.
27.12.2009 Serezha Orlov
is in remission after two chemotherapy courses. He was allowed to go
home for the holidays.
27.12.2009 Ilya Smirnov
is feeling fine. According to the tumor markers test everything is ok.
27.12.2009 Egor Starostin
had an examination, everything is fine.
27.12.2009 Yulia Kokareva
had an examination, everything is fine.
27.12.2009 Dariko Salia
is feeling fine, she loves to study and is now preparing for end
of semester exams.
27.12.2009 Sasha Ustinov
is feeling fine, his blood counts are finally normal (for two months
he's had low platelet counts). He is in a good mood. Sasha's mother
managed to get an apartment. Sasha and his sister and mother all
moved to a two-room apartment of their own from their room
in a shared apartment.
27.12.2009 Iliya Alekseev
had an examination in November. Everything is fine.
25.12.2009 Nastia Agapitova
has to have an MRI scan and PET in January and February. She needs
financial help to buy the drugs (10,000 roubles) and pay for
examinations (16,000 roubles).
25.12.2009 Andrei Golovin
will need help to pay for PET of the head and chest in the end of January.
24.12.2009 Danya Pavlov
had a transplantation but the transplant has not survived. The doctors
decided to perform another transplantation from one of the parents
combined with the transplantation of compatible cord blood cells.
The boy's father is most likely to become his donor. Danya is now at
the intensive care unit, he has mycotic infection and needs
Albumin and Cansidas.
24.12.2009 Kostya Makoveev's
parents were seriously injured in a car accident. For further treatment
the boy needs such antifungal drugs as Vfend and Ampholip.
24.12.2009 Ira Grushevskaya
had an examination. The basic disease is in remission, but she has a
cytomegalovirus. Ira needs Valcyte.
24.12.2009 Vadik Gritchin
is still in intensive care, GVH reaction has not yet been overcome although
the intestinal bleeding has been stopped. Vadik constantly needs Albumin,
Solu-Cortef and Cansidas. Also he needs lots of absorbent pads –
up to 30 a day.
24.12.2009 Tanya Suchkova
has a relapse. She has been admitted to hospital for chemotherapy and
then a bone marrow transplantation. Tanya's sister is going to be
her donor.
24.12.2009 Nikas Kossov
has a relapse. He needs a surgery and radiation therapy in Germany.
The preliminary sum needed is 36,000 euros.
24.12.2009 Misha Volkov
needs diapers of sizes 5 and 6.
24.12.2009 Anzhelica Mzikyan
has a very grave bacterial infection which affected her lungs which
also resulted in a knee joint aseptic necrosis. The girl is in
intensive care and is being treated with Vfend, Tazobactam and Colistin.
15.12.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Arsen Takaev.
14.12.2009 The money for Mark-IV breathing pacemaker for
Dima Parmenov was raised in full!
14.12.2009 A donor for Vitaly Bukatik,
was found in advance of payment. He urgently needs to pay for the donor search
and delivery of transplant. In addition, he is running out of Dasatinib.
10.12.2009 Katya Larionova
had tests in Singapore that confirmed remission.
10.12.2009 Kostya Novitsky
will undergo the last chemotherapy round before the year end. His family
needs financial support.
10.12.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Dima Sobin.
09.12.2009 Olya Malkova
completed treatment. She feels well and is in remission based on test
results. At the end of the week, Olya will go home.
09.12.2009 Alla Kozhevnikova
is completing planned tests. Everything is well. The doctors found it possible
to let her go home for three months. The next round of tests will be in
March of next year.
08.12.2009 Sasha Vyunikova
completed planned tests. Everything is well. The girl returned home already. The
next round of tests is scheduled in a month.
08.12.2009 Dmitry Safonov’s
transplantation is scheduled for December 23.
08.12.2009 Gosha Makarenko’s
family needs financial support, as Gosha's father is still looking for
a job in St. Petersburg and will be grateful for any job offers.
08.12.2009 Sonia Morozova
completed planned tests. She is in remission, but needs to continue Vfend
therapy.
08.12.2009 Vladimir Maslennikov
was hospitalized at the clinic for autologous bone marrow transplant.
08.12.2009 Svetlana Dedova
needs specialized equipment (columns for cleaning of donor's transplant) that
cost 600,000 rubles. Transplantation needs to be performed as soon as possible,
ideally – at the end of December. We have very little time to raise money.
08.12.2009 Yulia Khoroshavina
had a relapse while suffering from GVHD. She is in a serious condition in
the intensive care unit. She is undergoing therapy to inhibit blasts and
stimulate donor's bone marrow.
08.12.2009 Vitya Petrov
completed a course of treatment and he is in remission.
08.12.2009 Diana Ibragimova
vitally needs at least 14 bottles of antifungal drug Cancidas.
Each bottle costs close to 20,000 rubles. Please help Diana urgently!
07.12.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Kostya Starygin.
07.12.2009 Arina Miteleva
needs long-term therapy with Roaccutane. The monthly cost of the drug
is 4,500 rubles. Please help Arina.
07.12.2009 Maxim Bazulin
completed planned tests. He is doing well.
07.12.2009 Sultan Rakhmanaliev
and his family need help with buying air tickets to Kyrgyzstan.
01.12.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Dasha Kuznetsova.
30.11.2009 Serezha Salamonov
completed planned tests. He is doing well.
30.11.2009 Serezha Vasiliev
completed main treatment according to his protocol and he is
now on maintenance therapy. The boy feels well.
30.11.2009 Marina Devyatkova
was discharged for outpatient monitoring at her place of residence. She
still has light form of skin GVHD. She will undergo planned tests in December
at her place of residence.
30.11.2009 Alesha Levantuev
underwent very complex abdominal surgery to remove necrotic parts of
intestines and retroperitoneal cavity. This surgery will likely not be the
last. For further treatment, Alesha vitally needs Noxafil and Ampholip
(5 bottles a day). He is in remission in regards to neuroblastoma.
30.11.2009 Olya Bogatova
urgently needs Noxafil, a bottle a week, at a cost of 80,000 rubles.
30.11.2009 A donor for Dmitry Safonov
was found! We urgently need to raise the remaining amount to pay off Dima's
debt to the registry (10,000 euros) and to pay for delivery of transplant (2,500 euros).
30.11.2009 Dima Belov's
completed main treatment according to his protocol and he is now on maintenance therapy.
The boy feels well.
30.11.2009 Denis Trufanov
has blasts again. He was prescribed therapy with Dacogen. After a course
of chemotherapy, he will receive donor's lymphocyte infusion.
30.11.2009 Serezha Popov's
family still needs financial support.
30.11.2009 Sasha Novokreschenov
underwent second transplantation. He is now in cytopenia.
30.11.2009 Vadik Gritchin
is in intensive care unit in a serious condition. He urgently needs Albumin.
30.11.2009 German Kuzmin
needs long-term Pulmicort therapy due to asthma.
30.11.2009 Gosha Makarenko
is in intensive care unit with breathing problems and micro-stroke. Gosha
urgently needs Nimotop.
30.11.2009 Alena Azup
needs Vfend and Albumin. She is in intensive care unit.
30.11.2009 Anya Kudryavtseva
underwent a course of anti-relapse chemotherapy under FLAG protocol. She is
now in cytopenia and has very low blood counts. Anya still needs Vfend.
30.11.2009 Anya Soboleva
is in intensive care unit with intestinal GVHD and internal bleeding. She
constantly needs blood transfusions. Anya is much weakened and is in pain. In
addition to Vfend, she also needs Albumin.
30.11.2009 Petr Maltsev
recovered after transplantation and feels rather well. He was discharged
for outpatient monitoring.
30.11.2009 Alesha Kireev
returned to St. Petersburg for planned tests. His gastrostomy was not yet
taken off, as Alesha cannot yet eat by himself. His protein is low, and
Alesha needs Albumin.
30.11.2009 Sasha Sheligan
was allowed to travel home to his place of residence. After a month, he
will have control tests. Sasha still needs Vfend.
30.11.2009 Sasha Martynov
successfully completed chemotherapy and infusion of stem cells. He was
discharged to undergo radiation therapy at his place of residence. Sasha
still has to continue Vfend therapy, so we urgently need to buy 4-6 packages
of the drug. Vfend is rarely available in Voronezh where Sasha lives.
30.11.2009 Elya Petrova and
her mom need financial help with living expenses and buying medications
for hepatitis: Heptral and Essenciale. Elya is in remission and she
feels well.
30.11.2009 Sasha Zipenkov
returned home after a planned checkup. There are no new lesions, and
the old ones are inactive.
30.11.2009 Pasha Toptalo
recovered after transplantation and was discharged for outpatient
monitoring.
30.11.2009 Slava Chistyakov
needs Tobi inhalation, each package of which costs 95,442 rubles.
In addition, he still needs Vfend, a special bed with adjustable incline,
and a wheelchair.
20.11.2009 Vika Smirnova
needs Argosulgan and Alazol, as well as help of blood donors.
20.11.2009 Fedya Masloboev
completed testing and was allowed to go home for two months. He is
doing well and will now come to the hospital only for checkups.
20.11.2009 Olesya Chebakova
had surgery to remove scar tissue in her intestines. Everything went well,
and the little girl is now at home.
20.11.2009 Dima Pasternak
completed the last round of chemotherapy. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed
with pneumonia in both lungs.
20.11.2009 Ira Kondratieva
completed testing. She is in remission.
19.11.2009 Sasha Sheligan
feels well and will return home. The planned examination is scheduled in three
months.
17.11.2009 Marina Lavrentieva
needs Wobenzym, which her family cannot afford.
16.11.2009 Nastia Gordeeva
completed planned examination. Everything is well. Her next round of tests
will be in January 2010.
16.11.2009 Nastia Agapitova
needs to go for PET imaging on December 4th. The test costs 10,000 rubles.
Please help Nastia with paying for PET scan and buying medications for
the total of 10,000 rubles.
14.11.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Serezha Kalmykov.
13.11.2009 Vanya Kalinin
is still in intensive care unit. He needs Albumin.
13.11.2009 Dima Belov
was discharged for outpatient monitoring. He feels well. Dima needs Vfend.
13.11.2009 Vika Alexandrova
underwent PET imaging that discovered a recurrence. Vika will be admitted at
hospital No.31 to continue her treatment. She really needs financial help.
12.11.2009 Arina Pavlova
needs to undergo PET imaging of two zones on November 27th. The test
costs 10,000 rubles. Please help!
12.11.2009 A decision was made to initiate a
donor search for Olya Bogatova. Therefore, we
need to raise 15,000 euros for the donor search and 2,500 euros for
delivery of transplant.
08.11.2009 Dima Chernyshov
has an opportunity to apply for financial help with buying Vfend from
the municipal budget at Commission for Urgent Social Support. To apply,
Dima needs to get certain forms signed by the local housing committee.
However, since Dima's family is behind in paying for utilities, the
committee refuses to sign the paperwork he needs. Please help Dima
with a legal consultation, or a donation to pay off the debt.
06.11.2009 On November 10th
Hudoidod Yazonov
will complete main course of treatment. He will receive maintenance therapy
at the place of residence, in Dushanbe. He needs help with buying medications
to ensure he undergoes required therapy. In addition, we urgently need
to raise money to buy train tickets to Moscow. Also, we are looking for
a volunteer who could meet Hudoidod and his father in Moscow on November 11th
and take them from the train station to Vnukovo airport.
05.11.2009 Sveta Kozlova
came for planned testing. She is doing well. Sveta was reinstated at the
college and she is now in her 4th year.
05.11.2009 Sima Kochetova
recovered after autologous transplant and was allowed to go home, at her
place of residence. She will return for control tests in three months.
05.11.2009 Katya Baranova
had a relapse. She is now undergoing a ocurse of treatment at City hospital
No.31, and afterwards she is planned to receive donor's lymphocyte infusions.
05.11.2009 Vitya Bashkatov
completed planned examination at Pediatric Hematology and Transplantology
Institute. He is doing well.
05.11.2009 Vladimir Maslennikov
needs PET imaging on November 13th. It will cost 16,000 rubles. Please
help!
03.11.2009 Alesha Levantuev
was diagnosed with zygomycosis. Alesha needs a bottle of Noxafil for 6
days (at a cost of 75,000 rubles) and 6 bottles of Ampholip a day
(10,000 rubes a bottle). The help is needed urgently!
29.10.2009 Advita Fund USA
began accepting credit card
donations. We would like to let our supporters from around the
world know about this new opportunity to donate. Raised funds will be used
for the bone marrow donor searches, purchases of medications, equipment and
supplies, financial aid to out-of-town and foreign patients, and support of
high-risk patients traveling for treatment abroad.
28.10.2009 Ira Nikonova
and her mom urgently need financial support.
27.10.2009 Andrei Kazakov
completed a series of control tests. There was no areas
accumulating contrast. Andrei feels well.
29.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Ilja Latiev.
28.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Alena Azup.
27.10.2009 Pasha Toptalo's
haploidentical transplantation was scheduled for October 29th. However,
one of the columns required for the procedure is still unpaid.
27.10.2009 Grisha Barchenko
will turn 18 in December and he will have to be transferred to the hospital
for adults. Grisha's mom really wants to find out if they can complete
treatment at the pediatric unit, and if yes - what do they have to do.
They would have a difficulty with paying for the tests, because the
family is experiencing hard times financially.
27.10.2009 Nastia Surovitskaya
had a relapse. She is now receiving intensive therapy. Nastia is on artificial
lung ventilation in intensive care unit.
27.10.2009 Vlas Ekster
had complex examination. Complete remission was confirmed.
27.10.2009 Vanya Mamai
had good exit exam scores and was accepted into college.
Our congratulations!
27.10.2009 Artem Klimov
has died. Please help Artem's family with funeral expenses.
26.10.2009 Alesha Levantuev
had appendicitis attack and had to be urgently operated with low leukocyte
and platelet counts. He now has fever and leukocytes are still low. Alesha
is receiving antibiotics and Leuko-Stim.
26.10.2009 Lina Borovets
practically recovered after autologous transplantation, although her
leukocyte count is still somewhat low. She managed to achieve partial
remission in regards to Ewing's sarcoma. To achieve complete remission,
Lina was recommended to undergo radiation therapy to the remaining lesions.
She was discharged home, to Novorossiysk, where she will continue her
therapy.
26.10.2009 Mark Kiriyatsky
was discharged for further treatment at his place of residence in Novgorod,
since he is receiving treatment under standard protocol and tolerating
it well. However, Mark still needs help with buying Vfend.
26.10.2009 Svetlana Dedova
is undergoing chemotherapy as outpatient, and the doctors are preparing
her for bone marrow transplantation. Unfortunately, the examination
discovered aspergillosis, and she now needs to take Vfend at 400 mg a day.
A package that costs 25,000 rubles lasts her a week.
26.10.2009 Sasha Panchenko
recovered after transplantation, but he was discovered to have live problems
and prescribed Heptral in ampoules.
26.10.2009 Masha Trushova
fully recovered after autologous transplant, and her fungal infection
was also taken under control. Masha is planned for discharge home, so
she can continue treatment at her place of residence.
26.10.2009 Vitaly Bukatik's
condition was stabilized and he was allowed to return to Minsk for
outpatient monitoring until a bone marrow donor is found.
26.10.2009 A decision was made to refer
Sima Kochetova for autologous transplant. She
was hospitalized at BMT clinic.
26.10.2009 Serezha Vasiliev
is continuing treatment according to the plan. He receives Purinethol and
feels well.
26.10.2009 Nilufari Sharifbek
recovered fully after transplantation and was discharged for outpatient
monitoring. She feels rather well.
26.10.2009 Ivan Kalinin's
condition drastically worsened - he has neurological symptoms and was
transferred to intensive care. He also has problems with his heart.
26.10.2009 Alesha Kireev
feels better, and the doctors allowed him to travel home, at his place
of residence. Alesha still has gastrostomy. To prevent aspergillosis,
Alesha receives Orungal.
26.10.2009 Sasha Korotyshkin
still unconscious at intensive care unit. He was found to have JC virus
that affects his brain.
26.10.2009 Sasha Sheligan's
condition is improving gradually, and infiltrate is clearing from his
lungs. Sasha still needs Cancidas and Pulmozyme.
26.10.2009 Sasha Novokreshchenov
was not able to achieve remission. A decision was made to offer Sasha second
transplantation. Sasha's family urgently needs financial support
for living expenses.
26.10.2009 Sasha Zipenkov
needs to travel to the next hospitalization in Essen. He needs about 2,000
more euros to pay for the therapy. Sasha will need to arrive to the
clinic on November 18th.
26.10.2009 Olya Malkova
was discharged for maintenance therapy. She feels well.
26.10.2009 A donor for Yulia Horoshavina
was found and transplantation was scheduled for November 5. We urgently need
to raise 2,500 euros for delivery of transplant - by the end of this week!
13.10.2009 Serezha Popov's
transplantation is scheduled for November 11. His family uregently needs help
with buying food, and paying for current tests and apartment rent. Serezha’s
father needs help with finding a job in St. Petersburg.
13.10.2009 Based on the results of PET scan and MRI,
Irina Sukhova is in remission. The process of
vertebrae destruction is halted.
13.10.2009 Dasha Polovko
urgently needs 5 bottles of Fludara for anti-relapse chemotherapy. The
cost of the medication is 25,000 rubles.
13.10.2009 Nastia Chipak
needs surgery to install implants in place of hip joints. The approximate
cost of surgery on one of the joints is 300,000 rubles. In addition,
Nastia will still need Vfend for the next three months.
13.10.2009 Anton Zaitsev
had a relapse. He is now undergoing a course of anti-relapse chemotherapy
at Petrov Oncology Research Institute.
13.10.2009 Sasha Sheligan
urgently needs to buy Cancidas (14 bottles, for the cost of 200,000 rubles)
and Tazobactam (a course costs 1,000 euros).
13.10.2009 Petya Maltsev
urgently needs 17 packages of Busulphan for pre-transplantation chemotherapy.
A course of therapy costs 20,000 rubles.
13.10.2009 Sasha Trevoga
needs to continue therapy with Noxafil. A bottle of this drug costs from
64,000 to 80,000 rubles and lasts 6 days. Fundraising for Sasha is not going
well.
13.10.2009 Based on the planned test results,
everything is well with Zhenya Vasilenko.
He needs to continue supporting therapy that costs 14,000 rubles a month.
The family's financial situation is extremely difficult.
13.10.2009 Danya Timoshkin
completed planned tests. Everything is well, and Danya is feeling good.
13.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Ira Nikonova and
Polina Volkova.
12.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Dasha Smetanina.
08.10.2009 Sveta Boldesova
urgently needs to go to a dentist prior to autotransplantation.
08.10.2009 Sanzhima Lodoeva
needs help with paying apartment rent.
08.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Svetlana Dedova.
07.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Vitaly Bukatik.
06.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Katya Larionova.
04.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Kirill Lukoyanov.
03.10.2009 Anechka Golubyatnikova
had a relapse. She is now undergoing a course of therapy with Topotekan and
Cyclophosphan at Oncology Research Institute. Afterwards, she is planned
to undergo infusion of donor's lymphocytes and NK-cells.
03.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Sasha Panchenko.
03.10.2009 Sasha Novokreschenov
had a relapse. He is now undergoing chemotherapy under FLAG protocol.
Further treatment will be discussed once the results are available.
02.10.2009 Valya Demidova's
tumor has live cells based on results of PET imaging. As a result,
transplantation was postponed. Valya needs to undergo two more courses
of chemotherapy with Gemzar and MabThera.
02.10.2009 Kiril Belyaev
will need to go for control PET imaging that costs 18,000 rubles at the
end of October.
02.10.2009 Kirill Bogdanov
still needs Cyclosporine suspension. He is now taking 325 mg a day.
02.10.2009 Igor Mishin
was examined in August. Everything is good and he feels well.
02.10.2009 Slava Chistyakov
has serious inflammation of esophagus, he will be installed gastrostomy today.
Slava still needs Vfend and Meronem.
02.10.2009 Serezha Salomonov
tumor has live cells based on results of PET imaging. As a result,
transplantation was postponed. Valya needs to undergo two more courses
of chemotherapy with Gemzar and MabThera..
02.10.2009 Sima Kochetova
has a new tumor in her lungs. Further treatment is under discussion.
02.10.2009 Arina Miteleva
completed planned testing at her place of residence. She is doing well. In
the middle of October Arina will need to come to St. Petersburg for
scintigraphy.
02.10.2009 Sergei Voropaev
completed full testing at Kashkin Mycology Research Institute. He was
confirmed to be in complete remission in regards to aspergillosis, and
no longer requires Vfend.
02.10.2009 Oleg Ivanov
needs continuing therapy with intravenous Vfend, two bottles a day.
Each bottle costs 4,000 rubles.
02.10.2009 Serezha Popov's
family needs financial support.
02.10.2009 Nilufari Sharifbek's
family urgently needs financial support.
02.10.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Sherzodbek Sharipov.
01.10.2009 Umid Pulatov's
surgery went well. The histology testing results did not show any
live tumor cells.
01.10.2009 Dasha Polovko
needs Vfend at 400 mg daily dosage, or one package a week.
01.10.2009 Asliddin Suyarov
is not responding to chemotherapy and the blasts growth is continuing.
The boy was discharged home for supporting chemotherapy.
01.10.2009 Pasha Toptalo
will come to the clinic in a few days for transplantation. The columns
for transplantation have not yet been purchased.
01.10.2009 Natalia Kulikova
is in intensive care unit. She is not responding to chemotherapy and
blasts' growth is continuing.
01.10.2009 Based on CT scan results,
Alesha Levantuev has no areas accumulating contrast agent.
He will undergo control puncture, results of which will help determine further
treatment. Lesha feels well.
01.10.2009 The donor search for
Petya Maltsev was paid for by Tyumen City
Administration, and his parents raised the money for the delivery of transplant.
Bone marrow transplantation is scheduled for October 21.
01.10.2009 Olya Malkova
completed the third round of high-dosage chemotherapy. She is now in cytopenia.
Olya feels well, had achieved remission and has a very good prognosis.
We are asking Olya's supporters to help her. Her bill for August remains
unpaid, and we will soon receive a bill for September. Our debt to
the clinic continues to grow.
01.10.2009 Volodya Kurdyukov
needs second transplantation and it was scheduled for October 13th. We
urgently need to raise 10,000 euros for the collection of cells and
2,500 euros for delivery of transplant. Volodya also continues Vfend therapy.
01.10.2009 Masha Trushova
was taken off artificial lung ventilation. For now, she is still in intensive
care under the doctors' watch. Masha still has fungal infection in her lungs
and fever, and she needs Cancidas and Tazocin.
01.10.2009 Ira Nikonova
had a relapse. She is now undergoing anti-relapse chemotherapy at
Oncology Research Institute.
01.10.2009 Vika Alexandrova
needs PET imaging that costs 10,000 rubles.
01.10.2009 Yulia Dikan was
taken off Vfend based on CT scan results. She feels well. The main course of
treatment is coming to an end.
01.10.2009 Masha Rozhdestvenskaya
is undergoing chemotherapy as an outpatient. She needs Orungal therapy to prevent
occurrence of fungal infections.
01.10.2009 Volodya Maslennikov
had a relapse. He was hospitalized at Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology
Center for chemotherapy to be followed by autologous transplantation.
30.09.2009 Nastia Agapitova
needs helps with paying for tests and medications in the upcoming months
for the total of 29,000 rubles.
30.09.2009 In November,
Sasha Zipenkov will need to travel for another
examination to a clinic in Essen. Each such trip costs the family 2,000 -
3,000 euros.
30.09.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Dasha Polovko.
27.09.2009 Yulia Kokareva
completed planned testing. She is doing well.
27.09.2009 Nikas Kossov
is at home on supporting therapy. On September 22 Nikas underwent PET
imaging and the results were good.
25.09.2009 Masha Trushova
urgently needs Cancidas and Tazocin.
25.09.2009 Ivan Nechaev
is recovering after transplantation. Ivan still needs Vfend at 400 mg a
day to fight fungal infection in his lungs.
25.09.2009 Mark Gritsik
was diagnosed with a relapse. The boy will return home for symptomatic
therapy.
25.09.2009 Yulia Khoroshavina
is at the clinic where she is undergoing chemotherapy under FLAG chemotherapy
protocol. She needs Fungizone and Orungal. Based on typing results,
Yulia has potential bone marrow donors. We need to raise 15,000 euros
for the donor search and 2,500 euros for the delivery of transplant. Please
help!
18.09.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Danya Golovkin.
17.09.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Pasha Toptalo.
16.09.2009 At the beginning of October,
Ira Sukhova will need to undergo CT scan
and PET imaging for the total cost of 20,000 rubles. Please help.
16.09.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Ivan Nechaev and
Nikolai Petrov.
13.09.2009 Andrei's Samarin
condition had worsened, and he moved to intensive care unit. Andryusha
needs diapers size M for adults (a package a day) and enteral nutrition
Nutrizone (dry mix). A can of Nutrizone lasts 2 days.
01.09.2009 Masha Kokshina
suffers from severe mucositis. She cannot take Vfend in capsules and urgently
needs intravenous Vfend.
01.09.2009 Slava Chistyakov’s
condition improved. The infusion of NK-cells is planned for September 15th.
01.09.2009 Katya Petukhova
completed the main course of treatment and she is in sustained remission. Katya
will return for control tests in two months.
01.09.2009 Nastia Chipak
was allowed to go home. She feels well and is in remission. The planned
testing is scheduled in two months.
01.09.2009 Kirill Tutunnik
was diagnosed with a relapse. Further treatment is under discussion.
25.08.2009 A donor for Anya Soboleva
was found! We urgently need to pay for the search that already took place and
raise money for the delivery of transplant.
23.08.2009 Sasha Sheligan
needs Vfend. After a course of treatment and control CT scan, he is
planned to receive donor's lymphocyte infusion.
23.08.2009 Yura Silchenko
needs constant help from blood donors with negative Rh and Eprex or
Recormon medications.
23.08.2009 Pasha Drozdov
need 600 mg of Vfend daily.
23.08.2009 Ivan Kalinin's
cytostomy was removed. His condition is improving gradually, although
he still feels very fatigued and can barely walk. Ivan also needs
400 mg of Vfend a day.
23.08.2009 Zhenya Vasilenko's
family urgently needs financial support to pay for tickets, food and current
medications.
23.08.2009 Natasha Plakhina
needs urgent infusion of donor's lymphocytes to fight the relapse. The
infusion is scheduled for September 3rd. The delivery of lymphocytes
costs 2,500 euros.
23.08.2009 Alla Kozhevnikova
urgently needs to raise 2,500 euros for deliver of donor lymphocytes. The
infusion is scheduled for September 2.
23.08.2009 Olya Bogatova's
family still urgently needs financial support.
23.08.2009 We need to help
Areceny Belavin pay off the debt for his
treatment for 38,694 rubles.
23.08.2009 Katya Baranova
is planned to receive donor's lymphocyte infusion. She needs to raise
2,500 euros for delivery of transplant by the beginning of September.
23.08.2009 Anya Seryukova
still needs Vfend. The infusion of NK-cells was postponed.
21.08.2009 Olesya Chebakova
completed planned testing. She is doing well.
21.08.2009 Nastia Borovkova
developed intestinal bleeding. She urgently needs help of platelet donors.
20.08.2009 Masha Kokshina
was diagnosed with leukemia with neurological complications.
She urgently needs Vfend.
20.08.2009 Sasha Martynov
had a relapse. He is undergoing chemotherapy in Voronezh.
12.08.2009 Kolya German
needs help with buying Neuleptil and Depakine Chrono.
11.08.2009 Alesha Kireev
was switched to Cancidas from Vfend until the end of the week and
prescribed another course of Cytochrome C.
10.08.2009 Artem Bychin
needs 7,000 rubles for taxi trips from home to hospital and back
on August 18-19.
08.08.2009 We are experiencing difficulty with raising
sufficient funds to support the patients. While we receive new requests for help daily,
the number of donations had gone down due to summer vacations. Since our patients
cannot interrupt their treatment, we receive the majority of medications and equipment
under the guarantee letters.
As of today, the following bills are unpaid: for reagents for the labs - for 744,041 rubles;
for syringes and plugs - for 27,429 rubles; for platelet transfusion equipment and leukocyte
filters - 1,404,864 rubles; for treatment of non-resident patients - 187,003 rubles;
for medications - 358,000 rubles; for the column for the cell cleaning for
Anya Seryukova - 331,875 rubles, which totals close
to 3 million rubles.
In addition, we owe Stefan Morsch registry 22,100 euros for the donor searches for the
children who already received transplants. This does not include those patients who have
not yet been found the donors.
Currently, 26 patients have to receive Vfend therapy:
Nastia Chipak, Pasha Drozdov,
Sasha Sheligan, Lesha Kireev,
Kostya Makoveev, Igor Zhuikov,
Lena Gavrilyuk, Riyaz Bulyakanov,
Svetlana Ivshina, Sergei Goncharov,
Dima Yablochkov, Katya Yachmeneva,
Olya Malkova, Anna Kudryavtseva,
Yulia Dikan, Sasha Martynov,
Anzhelica Mzikyan, Vanya Zatona,
Vitya Petrov, Sergei Vopovaev,
Tanya Podshilova, Seva Kololev, Mark Kiriyatsky,
Anya Seryukova, Sasha Trevoga,
Volodya Kurdyukov.
This amounts to over 600,000 rubles a week. Sasha Sheligan and Igor Zhuikov also need Valcyte.
Nastia Surovitskaya needs Cancidas. Sasha Korotyshkin,
Mark Kiriyatsky, Nastia Surovitskaya, Masha Rozhdestvenskaya,
Anya Seryukova, Anya Fedotova,
Natasha Plakhina, Polina Chesnokova
and many others needs immunoglobulins - Intraglobin and Pentaglobin.
Every week we get a new bill for the platelet transfusion equipment for 280,000 rubles.
Dear supporters! We are thankful to all of you who continue helping our patients despite financial
crisis and summer holidays! We will be grateful for any help.
08.08.2009 Dasha Grigorieva
needs therapy with Phosphogliv, Essenciale and Carsil to support liver function
08.08.2009 Hussein Turaev
needs Vesanoid. His family still needs help with finding and renting an apartment.
08.08.2009 Dariko Salia
enrolled into Philology department of St. Petersburg's Gertsen
State Pedagogical University. Our congratulations!
07.08.2009 AdVita fund needs to pay the bill for
Lena Skripka's consultation in Germany. Lena had
passed away, but her debt remains. We need to pay it off as soon as possible.
06.08.2009 Olga Shmygleva
was discharged from the hospital. She will return home to Chelyabinsk.
05.08.2009 Sanzhima Lodoeva
urgently needs help with paying apartment rent.
04.08.2009 Pasha Drozdov
suffers from acute skin GVHD. He still needs Vfend therapy.
04.08.2009 Denis Alenichkin
came to the clinic for planned testing. He is doing well. The next
round of tests will be in 4 months. Denis still needs to take Mycosyst
and Entocort.
04.08.2009 Serezha Salamonov
was allowed to return home. He feels well and is in remission in
regards to his main illness. The planned tests were scheduled for the
next month.
04.08.2009 Oleg Ivanov
was diagnosed with another relapse. Further treatment is under discussion.
04.08.2009 Igor Zhuikov
feels relatively well and was discharged for outpatient monitoring. The
toxic encephalopathy is completely gone. Igor's daughters traveled to
visit him.
04.08.2009 Nilufari Sharifbek's
family urgently needs help with paying off the debt for apartment rent: 24,000
rubles for 4 months. Nilufari's father has a job, but his earnings are not
sufficient to cover apartment rent and medications.
04.08.2009 Nastia Surovitskaya
completed planned examination. He is doing well. Thanks to hormonal
therapy, his blood sugar level went down to normal.
04.08.2009 Lesha Kireev
is now much better and he was transferred out of intensive care. Lesha
needs Vfend to fight infection.
04.08.2009 Lena Gavrilyuk
still needs Vfend and help with renting an apartment.
04.08.2009 Vitaly Paramonov
underwent CT scan: his lungs are clear and he was taken off Vfend.
23.07.2009 In addition to surgery,
Louisa Vasilieva will need to undergo
autotransplantation in Germany. The bill for 100,000-150,000
euros will be published in a few days.
23.07.2009 Anya Kudryavtseva's
transplantation was scheduled for August 26th. We need to raise 2,500 euros
for delivery of transplant.
23.07.2009 Igor Mishin
completed planned testing. He is doing well. The next planned checkup will
take place in two months.
23.07.2009 Alesha Kireev
responded to therapy and bleeding was stopped. The boy feels better.
Alesha needs Albumin.
23.07.2009 Anya Scherbenko
returned from Israel. She is doing well and is in complete remission. The
control testing was scheduled for the end of August - beginning of September.
23.07.2009 Unfortunately, Yuri Shikov's
transplant is not engrafting, while the main disease is progressing.
Further treatment is under discussion.
23.07.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Andrei Mezheevsky.
11.07.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Arseny Belavin.
08.07.2009 Kostya Makoveev
was transferred for outpatient monitoring.
08.07.2009 The charitable fund Happy World
raised the full amount needed for the donor search for
Dima Chernyshov! We now need to raise 2,500 Euros
for the delivery of transplant to St. Petersburg.
08.07.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Dima Ivanov.
08.07.2009 A matching sample of cord
blood was found for Artem Klimov in
Graz in Austria. As of today, he lacks approximately 100,000
Euros for transplantation.
01.07.2009 Sasha Sheligan
recovered after transplantation and was transferred for outpatient
monitoring. Based on CT scan results, he was prescribed Vfend.
01.07.2009 Edgar Abgarian
completed a course of high-dosage chemotherapy. On July 13th Edgar and
his mother will fly back home to continue treatment in Yerevan.
01.07.2009 Based on trepanobiopsy results, after
the first chemotherapy course, Alesha Levantuev's
bone marrow was clear of cancer cells. The therapy will continue.
01.07.2009 The employees of Oncology Unit
"Mother and Child" of Pediatric Sanatorium "Solnechnoe"
thanked supporters of AdVita fund for donating paints to
the children.
01.07.2009 We received a new price list for
the breathing pacemaker for Inna Shakhmaeva.
The manufacturer offered her 50% discount!
26.06.2009 Andrei Malozemov
completed a course of treatment, and he now needs to undergo CT scan
that costs 15,000 rubles and PET imaging that costs 16,000 rubles.
Please help Andrei urgently!
25.06.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Anya Soboleva.
25.06.2009 Kolya German's
family needs financial support. Kolya will also need to
undergo scheduled MRI scan.
23.06.2009 Zhenya Vasilenko
finished a course of re-induction and went home for a month.
23.06.2009 Based on test results, it was decided to
postpone Kostya Lee's
second transplantation. Kostya is in remission and his own bone marrow
is functioning well. Kostya was allowed to go home. In three months he
will return for the control examination.
23.06.2009 Ramil Bulatov
completed a course of treatment and was allowed to go home.
23.06.2009 Matching cord blood transplant was found for
Nastia Ilder.
23.06.2009 Slava Chistyakov
is in coma due to ischemic stroke. The infusion of NK-cells was canceled, and
Slava receives intensive therapy.
23.06.2009 Anya Andreeva
transplantation was postponed until fall. She will continue chemotherapy
for now.
23.06.2009 Vanya Kalinin
is still in intensive care unit. He needs expensive drug, Cancidas.
23.06.2009 Liza Belova
completed the course of treatment. She is in remission in regards to her
main illness. She is now with her grandparents. In September she will continue
rehabilitation course to overcome the consequences of neuroleukemia.
23.06.2009 Kirill Belyaev
needs to pay for PET imaging, which is estimated to cost 20,000 rubles.
23.06.2009 Serezha Svalyavin
completed the main course of treatment and was discharged home for supporting
therapy. He is in remission in regards to his main illness.
23.06.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Zhenya Vasilenko.
17.06.2009 Anya Seryukova
is planned to undergo infusion of NK-cells for prevention of relapse.
The cost estimate is 330,000 rubles. Anya urgently needs help!
17.06.2009 The PET imaging discovered recurrence
of the tumor in Nikita Stolyarov's front lobe.
He also got a new infiltrate in his lungs and needs Pulmicort and
Pulmozyme. Nikita is now in intensive care unit. At the same time,
Nikita's mom was hospitalized for the surgery on her hernia.
Nikita's family is now in a serious need for financial support.
17.06.2009 Serezha Salamonov
is gradually recovering after infusion of his own stem cells. The boy feels
relatively well, and he is planned to be transferred for outpatient
monitoring. His family is still going through very serious financial
difficulties.
17.06.2009 Sonia Kalinina
completed the main course of treatment and was discharged. Sonia will
now come to the hospital only for the scheduled checkups.
17.06.2009 Louisa Vasilieva
responded to chemotherapy very well. She was administered one more round
under the same protocol and is planned for a CT scan.
17.06.2009 Olya Zakharova's
bone marrow did not engraft and she recovered with blasts after the
transplantation. Olya was administered an anti-relapse chemotherapy course.
17.06.2009 Alla Kozhevnikova
recovered after transplantation and was transferred to outpatient monitoring.
Her family needs financial support.
17.06.2009 Slava Chistyakov
urgently needs intravenous Depakine. For now, we were not able to find it
for sale in Russia.
17.06.2009 Kostya Lee's
bone marrow did not engraft and he recovered with his own cells after
the transplantation. Kostya is in remission.
17.06.2009 Alexei Karagodin
relapsed. He is undergoing a course of anti-relapse chemotherapy.
17.06.2009 Dasha Ganko
was found to have new lesions in her lungs. She is undergoing
additional testing.
17.06.2009 Ira Grushevskaya
feels better and the cystitis is gone. She walks around and eats well.
17.06.2009 Nilufari Sharifbek
will undergo one or two more chemotherapy rounds. Each round requires
medications that cost 35,000 rubles. In addition, Nilufari's family
accumulated a large debt for the apartment rent. Nilufari and her father
really need financial help.
17.06.2009 Sasha Martynov
broke his leg. Based on CT scan results, he still has a few small nodes
in mediastinum and in his neck, but they do not accumulate contrast.
Sasha continues taking Entocort and Vfend, so he still needs help with
buying these drugs. His family also needs financial support.
17.06.2009 Nastia Chipak
needs large doses of expensive medication, Pulmozyme.
17.06.2009 Slava Zhikharenko
recovered after a round of chemotherapy and infusion of lymphocytes and
was transferred for outpatient monitoring.
17.06.2009 Kirill Vazhenin
underwent planned testing that confirmed remission.
17.06.2009 Vanya Kalinin
needs disposable blankets or diapers due to constant hemorrhagic cystitis.
17.06.2009 Patimat Shamhalova
and her mother need financial help to buy train tickets.
03.06.2009 Sveta Kozlova
came for planned checkup and she is doing well. She already returned home.
The next examination will be in fall.
03.06.2009 Marina Devyatkova
dreams of getting to see the Baltic Sea. If someone could volunteer to drive
Marina in their car to the gulf, we will be very grateful.
03.06.2009 Vitya Bashkatov
came for a checkup that showed all is well and there are no complications.
The bone marrow is functioning well. Vitya returned home for the
college tests.
03.06.2009 Sasha Drozdov
fully recovered after transplantation and was discharged for outpatient
monitoring.
03.06.2009 Sasha Sheligan
needs help with paying for CT scan.
03.06.2009 Olya Zakharova
had a relapse. The girl was hospitalized at BMT clinic for anti-relapse
chemotherapy course.
03.06.2009 AdVita Fund USA is our sister organization
in Unites States. It is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
American residents can now forward their donations by check, wire transfer, money
orders or cashier's checks to AdVita Fund USA
to take advantage of tax deductibility of the donations.
01.06.2009 Serezha Ivanovich
needs help with paying for a private room.
01.06.2009 Zhenya Titarenko's
family moved to a new apartment. We will be grateful for donated furniture,
and will accept used furniture in good condition.
31.05.2009 Volodya Maslennikov
was discharged from the Mycology Institute after the doctors took his
aspergillosis under control. He was taken off Vfend. Vladimir needs to
be under the monitoring of hematologists. He is in remission in regards
to his main illness.
31.05.2009 Katya Shikun
really needs a folding wheelchair and financial help with the living
expenses. Her family is very low on money.
30.05.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Artem Klimov and
Petr Maltsev.
29.05.2009 Alesha Levantuev
was diagnosed with relapse. He was hospitalized at City hospital No.31.
The start of chemotherapy was scheduled for Monday.
29.05.2009 Slava Chistyakov
will be infused with NK-cells. We need to raise these amounts:
- 1,500 Euros for collection of donor's lymphocytes,
- 2,500 Euros for urgent delivery of lymphocytes (they live no longer
than 24 hours), and
- 350,000 rubles for special equipment for release of NK-cells.
29.05.2009 Andrei Kolodov
urgently needs NovoSeven medication (3 ampoules at 240 KU) to fight
intestinal bleeding. Each ampoule costs 86,000 rubles.
29.05.2009 A donor for Angelika Mzikyan
was found. The transplantation is scheduled for July 1. We need to pay off our
debt to Morsch registry of 4,350 Euros and raise 2,500 Euros for the urgent delivery
of transplant.
29.05.2009 Alesha Kireev's
transplantation is scheduled for June 5.
29.05.2009 Alesha Chernij's
transplantation was scheduled for July 9-10th.
29.05.2009 Dima Krymov's
transplantation was scheduled for June 29th. We need to raise 2,500 Euros
for the delivery of transplant.
29.05.2009 Masha Kokshina
will be infused with NK-cells. We need to raise these amounts:
- 1,500 Euros for collection of donor's lymphocytes,
- 2,500 Euros for urgent delivery of lymphocytes (they live no longer
than 24 hours), and
- 350,000 rubles for special equipment for release of NK-cells.
29.05.2009 Volodya Kurdyukov's
transplantation was scheduled for June 24.
27.05.2009 Volodya Dovgan
suffers from severe mucositis and he cannot take medicine in
pill form. He urgently needs intravenous Vfend, 2 bottles a day,
for 10 days. Each bottle costs 4,500 rubles. Please help!
26.05.2009 Slava Chistyakov
ran out of donor's lymphocytes. He needs 1,500 Euros to purchase
a new shipment.
26.05.2009 Lena Skripka
will need to undergo a new chemotherapy block. It requires administration
of Navelbine (6 capsules at 30 mg and 6 capsules at 20 mg), which
is estimated to cost 50,000 rubles. Please help!
25.05.2009 Eduard Petrichenko
urgently needs help! He is practically out of money for treatment, and he still
needs expensive TomoTherapy.
25.05.2009 Zhenya Titarenko
will receive Russian citizenship, and with it, hopefully, Gleevec for free.
Zhenya and her family urgently need a one-room apartment in Frunzensky district.
25.05.2009 Masha Rozhdestvenskaya
needs intravenous Vfend, a bottle a day, for at least two weeks.
Each bottle costs 5,000 rubles.
25.05.2009 A donor for
Alexei Cherniy was found! His parents and other
relatives raised 5,000 Euros, but the rest of the money (10,000 Euros
for the collection of transplant and 2,500 Euros for the delivery)
has to be raised as soon as possible, because Alexei's remission is
not stable. We are announcing an urgent round of fundraising!
25.05.2009 We need to urgently raise
2,500 Euros for delivery of transplant for
Volodya Kurdyukov, as his transplantation
is scheduled for the beginning of June.
25.05.2009 Anya Seryukova's
condition improved to a degree that the doctors allowed her become an
outpatient. Her GVHD is under control. Anya still needs Vfend, however.
25.05.2009 Volodya Dovgan
had a relapse. Further therapy is under discussion.
25.05.2009 Igor Zhuikov's
condition worsened. He is in intensive care and he needs Cancidas urgently.
25.05.2009 Ivan Kalinin
is still at the clinic, and he needs large doses of Albumin.
25.05.2009 Matvei Baburov
completed treatment and was discharged.
24.05.2009 Alesha Grigoriev
needs to undergo MRI test that costs 8,000 rubles.
22.05.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Alexei Cherniy.
21.05.2009 We would like to thank the international
organization, Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles, for the charitable concert,
Mountain Silence, during which it raised 44,640 rubles for our patients.
21.05.2009 Matvei Baburov's
main course of treatment is completed. He is now on
supporting therapy, but the doctors are not yet discharging him,
as they are treating his neurological problems that developed
due to neuroleukemia and chemotherapy.
21.05.2009 Andrei Ivanov
completed all the high-dosage blocks. After he recovered from
the last one, he was allowed to go home until next week. Ahead of him
is radiation therapy, and then he will have to come to the hospital
for re-inductions on a regular basis. Andryusha feels well.
21.05.2009 Katya Shikun
had an operation, during which part of her prosthesis (femoral head) was removed.
She is now in a stable condition and the doctors plan to discharge her soon. We need help with buying
air tickets to fly home.
20.05.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Masha Rozhdestvenskaya.
15.05.2009 The participants of the leadership program
of Human Development Institute as part of civic project Kind City will
organize a charitable event on May 16th. There will be classes for doll
making, wickerwork and painting. The artists will sell their creations.
In addition, postcards made from the drawings of the patients will be
on sale. The event program includes performances of the children's
circus group, as well as vocal and choreography groups. A part from
the proceeds from the product sale and all the proceeds from the sale
of postcards will be used to pay for the donor search for
Serezha Popov.
The event will take place from 1 pm to 5 pm at Central Park of Culture
and Rest at Elagin Isle.
For more information please contact Alla Arkhipova at 8-921-583-96-27,
alla_arkhipova@hotbox.ru.
15.05.2009 We would like to ask those donors
who sent money to AdVita fund for Olya Shvets to
tell us how you would like to designate your donations within May – June
2009. If we do not hear from you, we will follow Olya's mom's wish
to transfer the money to Natasha Lan.
15.05.2009 Festival of crafts DeLa'Ruk and
the charitable action "Do good things with your own hands". Ïðåññ-ðåëèç
12.05.2009 Denis Alenichkin
was allowed to return home to Tomsk.
12.05.2009 Anya Fedotova
is doing well. She studies, draws a lot and even participated in the
International Drawing competition.
12.05.2009 Pasha Drozdov
completed testing and returned home. His next checkup will be in two months.
12.05.2009 Makar Nefedov
completed control testing. He is doing well.
12.05.2009 Olya Zakharova
was discharged for outpatient monitoring.
12.05.2009 Vanya Zatona
recovered after transplantation and was discharged for outpatient monitoring.
12.05.2009 Alesha Chernij
completed a course of chemotherapy and entered remission. He was allowed
to go home to await the results of the search for the bone marrow donor.
12.05.2009 Vitya Petrov
needs a very expensive antifungal drug, Noxafil.
29.04.2009 We would like to ask Sasha
Spivak's supporters who sent donations to AdVita
fund after March 17, 2009 to tell us how you would like to direct
the money. If we do not hear from you, we will forward the money
for Vika Sharkova's treatment,
in accordance with Sasha's parents' wishes.
27.04.2009 Gosha Pak
completed treatment and went home. The control tests indicate remission.
The next checkup is scheduled in three months.
26.04.2009 Vitya Bashkatov
had come for the planned testing. All is well, the test results are normal
and there are no GVHD symptoms. Vitya and his mother returned home. They
will come for the next visit in two months. Vitya is feeling well
and preparing for the college tests.
15.04.2009 Elena Babina
fully recovered after transplantation and was discharged home, at her place
of residence.
15.04.2009 Nastia Agapitova
needs 16,000 rubles for MRI and PET imaging.
15.04.2009 Sasha Martynov
fully recovered after transplantation and was discharged for outpatient
monitoring.
15.04.2009 Olya Ilyuncheva
completed planned examination. She is doing fine, and she feels well.
15.04.2009 On April 18th, Stage II of St.
Petersburg's Open Championship Auto Race - 2009 will take place in city of
Tosno in Leningradsky region (Stage V of Russian Championship).
The car enthusiasts will race the distance of 250 km. Based on the decision
of the race organizers, all teams will start with AdVita fund's ads on
their cars. The information about the fund is also included in the Road
Rule Book and all the informational handouts. We are sincerely grateful to
the race organizers and all the participants for the informational
support.
15.04.2009 Nikita Stolyarov
is to have a surgery in early May. It will cost around 50,000 roubles.
15.04.2009 Denis Smirnov
has a relapse, infusions of donor lymphocytes are planned. He also needs
Vfend.
15.04.2009 Elya Petrova
needs Albumin and Meronem.
15.04.2009 Olya Iluncheva
completed planned examination, and she is doing well.
Olya feels good and she continues therapy with Dasatinib.
14.04.2009 Dasha Feoktistova
went through scheduled examinations, all is well, she is feeling fine.
14.04.2009 Masha Sinkevich
has been diagnosed with a relapse. She is to have an anti-relapse chemotherapy
course, and only then will she get Dacogen.
14.04.2009 Sasha Novokreshchenov
came for scheduled examinations. The results are good, all is well, the boy is feeling
fine.
14.04.2009 Alla Kozhevnikova
came to St. Petersburg for examinations before the transplantation which
is scheduled for May 6. 500 euros are needed urgently to pay for the
transplant delivery in full. She also needs help with apartment rent payment.
14.04.2009 Igor Mishin
needs seven bottle of Fludara for the chemotherapy course, the total sum
needed is 63,000 roubles. Transplantation has been postponed till May 13.
14.04.2009 Only one-third of the money needed for the donor
search for Sasha Sheligan has been raised, the money
for the transplant delivery has not been raised either.
14.04.2009 Transplantation for
Natasha Plakhina
is scheduled for May 18. Natasha was allowed to go home for two weeks.
14.04.2009 Vladik Vakulenko
has had an anti-relapse chemotherapy course (FLAG protocol), transplantation
is scheduled for early May.
14.04.2009 Nastia Filippova
is in a stable but grave condition. Nastia's mother Elena got hit by a car; she is
now in hospital with a broken arm and pelvic bones. The grandmother is running back
and forth between the two hospitals, so we need help with paying for a nurse's
services.
14.04.2009 Rinata Kharitonova
has fully recovered after an autotransplantation and went home.
14.04.2009 Slava Zhikharenko
has a relapse. Slava needs Vfend, 200 mg twice a day, one pack of Vfend costs
some 25,000 roubles and lasts for a week.
14.04.2009 Volodya Dovgan
has been discharged and went home for two weeks. His basic disease is in
remission, and he has to take Biseptol and Vfend against aspergillosis and
pneumocystis. He needs 200 mg of Vfend twice a day, one pack of Vfend costs
around 25,000 roubles and lasts for a week.
14.04.2009 Pasha Drozdov
came for scheduled examinations. He feels fine.
14.04.2009 Kostya Klimachev
has a relapse. He has been admitted to City Children's Hospital 1 for anti-relapse
chemotherapy. Kostya needs Vfend, 200 mg twice a day, one pack of Vfend costs
some 25,000 roubles and lasts for a week.
14.04.2009 Galina Alieva
has had several courses of Velcade treatment, her condition is stable, she
is now being treated in a regional hospital.
14.04.2009 Sasha Vjunikova
has been discharged and went home to Kaliningrad, she will have to come for
examinations in a month.
14.04.2009 Olesya Chebakova
has a relapse. On Monday she is coming to Hospital 31.
14.04.2009 Dima Kobzev
came for scheduled examinations. The results are good, all is well, the
boy is feeling fine.
14.04.2009 Denis Trufanov
has a relapse. Denis is expected at the Raisa Gorbacheva Institute of
Pediatric Hematology and Transplantology.
14.04.2009 The family of
Sasha Korotyshkin
is in a very bad financial situation. Sasha's father has problems with his
job, and Sasha needs a lot of maintenance drugs and expensive examinations
which all amount to some 30,000 roubles per month.
14.04.2009 Lena Gavrilyuk
constantly needs Vfend, 200 mg twice a day, one pack of Vfend costs some 25,000
roubles and lasts for a week.
30.03.2009 Igor Mishin's
transplantation is scheduled for April 28-29. The donor search and delivery
of transplant have not been paid for yet. Please help Igor.
27.03.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Arat Mongush.
27.03.2009 Slava Chistyakov
has been diagnosed with the second relapse on February 25. He is now
getting treatment. Slava's mother had to go on an unpaid vacation;
her second son Vlad is at home with his grandmother. The family really
needs financial support.
27.03.2009 Alesha Grigoriev
needs a course of Avastin treatment. The first stage of treatment requires
4 bottles 400 mg each; the course will cost some 320,000 - 360,000 roubles.
27.03.2009 Andrei Kodolov
urgently needs two columns for the donor stem cells separation device.
Each column costs 285,000 roubles. We are starting to urgently
raise the money.
25.03.2009 Vladik Vakulenko
was diagnosed with relapse. He will stay in St. Petersburg for anti-relapse
chemotherapy that will be followed by transplantation.
20.03.2009 Slava Zhikharenko
is in remission based on test results and has practically none of GVHD symptoms.
Slava and his mom need help with buying clothes, food and tickets, as the
family is out of money.
20.03.2009 A donor for Natasha Plakhina
was found. Her debt to the registry has not yet been paid off.
20.03.2009 Serezha Salamonov
was hospitalized at BMT clinic for transplantation. Serezha's family is in a
difficult financial situation as his mother stays with him and cannot work.
Please help Serezha's family.
20.03.2009 Igor Mishin
needs money for collection of transplant (10,000 euros) and delivery of
transplant (2,500 euros), as soon as possible.
20.03.2009 Yura Silchenko
had a relapse. He recives anti-relapse chemotherapy.
17.03.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Stas Shalunov and
Oleg Lyutikov.
17.03.2009 We urgently need to cover the bill
for 4,550 euros for micro-radiation on the part of
Sasha Zipenkov's eye that was found
to have a recurrence.
16.03.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Igor Mishin.
16.03.2009 Nastia Filippova
needs Curosurf (2 bottles a day). Each bottle costs 20,000 rubles.
12.03.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Maxim Dobrynsky.
12.03.2009 Masha Sinkevich
needs a course of therapy with Dacogen. Each course requries 8 bottles at
50 mg and costss 400,000 rubles.
12.03.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Serezha Popov.
11.03.2009 Andrei Samarin
needs Octagam or Intratect (total dose of 1,000 ml) or Gamimune
(total dose of 500 ml). A course of therapy costs 200,000 rubles.
10.03.2009 Kirill Sivko
needs 2 bottles of Ampholip daily for at least two weeks to fight fungal
infection in his lungs. Each bottle of Ampholip costs 10,000 rubles.
10.03.2009 Ilya Ryabykh
is planned to undergo haploidentical transplantation from one of his parents.
The procedure will require special equipment to clean the transplant material:
two kits for CliniMacs CD34 cell separation system that cost 304,358 rubles each.
10.03.2009 Matvei Kalinin
needs Neo-Cytotec to fight cytomegalovirus. An ampoule of this
medication costs 10,000 rubles.
02.03.2009 Slava Chistyakov
relapsed. He will be hospitalized for anti-relapse chemotherapy at the
Regional hospital.
01.03.2009 Lena Kivlina's
PET scan is planned for March 18th. The examination costs 25,000 rubles.
Please help Lena!
01.03.2009 Igor Zhuikov
needs Vfend. A package of the drug costs 25,000 rubles and lasts a week.
01.03.2009 S. Morsch registry offered discount
for the donor search and transplant collection for
Ivan Kalinin.
We now need to raise 2,500 euros for the delivery of transplant. Ivan
had arrived to St. Petersburg and his hospitalization is planned for the
next week.
01.03.2009 Nilufari Sharifbek
is planned to undergo one more chemotherapy course, followed by bone
marrow autotransplantation, which will cost 800,000 rubles.
01.03.2009 Nastia Filippova
suffers from sepsis and needs pentaglobin and surfactant.
01.03.2009 Please support Alena Bogdanova's
family. Her father lost his job.
01.03.2009 Nikita Stolyarov
needs PET scan that costs 12,000 rubles.
01.03.2009 Anya Seryukova
had a relapse. She now receives anti-relapse chemotherapy, which will
be followed by second bone marrow transplantation from her younger brother.
01.03.2009 Based on the puncture results,
Sasha Selivanova has up to 7% of blasts.
Further therapy is now under discussion.
27.02.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Masha Vartsan.
26.02.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Arina Miteleva.
25.02.2009 Natalia Boikova
urgently needs the following medications: Vfend - 200 mg - twice a day,
Cymevene - 400 mg - once a day, Biseptol - 5 gm - once a day.
The weekly course of treatment costs 100,000 rubles. Please help Natasha with money or medicines.
25.02.2009 Andrei's Samarin
Temodal dosage was increased. His protocol now calls for 11 days at 100 mg of the drug
and 10 days at 120 mg. Unfortunately, Andrei's therapy had to be interrupted due to his
low blood counts. Andrei also needs 4 bottles of Intraglobin daily.
25.02.2009 Based on test results,
Vitya Bashkatov is doing great. He was allowed
to go home to Sochi. The next checkup will take place in two months.
25.02.2009 Vladimir Maslennikov needs
Vfend (200 mg twice a day). A package of the drug that costs 25,000 rubles lasts Vladimir a week.
Please help Vladimir!
25.02.2009 Olesya Nikitina had fully
recovered after transplantation. Today she was discharged for outpatient monitoring.
25.02.2009 Gaik Ishkhanyan
was discharged for outpatient monitoring after he recovered fully from
transplantation. He feels well.
25.02.2009 The Pediatric Oncology unit of Municipal hospital No.31
is in a serious need of Temodal medication. It is currently needed for Andrei Samarin,
Ksyusha Masloboeva, Masha Vartsan, Dasha Vinokurova and Lisa Sidelnikova.
A course of treatment with Temodal for these children requires 11 packages of Temodal at 100 mg dosage
and 34 packages at 20 mg dosage. This will amount to 594,200 rubles if purchased in Moscow, or 10-15% more
if purchased in St. Petersburg.
The unit only has enough medication for two days of therapy, while the course is supposed to last 21 days.
We are announcing an urgent fundraising and will be grateful for any help!
17.02.2009 Kirill Sivko's
examination results testify to a relapse. The boy is now getting anti-relapse
chemotherapy (FLAG protocol), after that infusions of his mother's lymphocytes
are planned.
17.02.2009 Sveta Kozlova
has had a scheduled examination and went home. Her blood indices are normal.
17.02.2009 Sasha Korotyshkin
has been discharged and will be getting ambulatory treatment. He feels fine.
11.02.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Sveta Shchelokova.
09.02.2009 The media company "Peterburg - Channel 5" is announicing
a week-long charitable marathon to raise money for children with cancer. The marathon titled "We want
to help" is dedicated to the International Childhood Cancer Day. During the week, each daily
evening news program titled "Now" aired at 6:30 PM, plus "Main" program aired on
Sunday at 6:30 PM, will include information about the ways to make a donation to Children and Parents
Against Cancer non-profit organization and AdVita charitable fund. These organizations' bank
account numbers are also published on the web site of
the TV channel.
AdVita fund is sincerely grateful to TV company "Peterburg - Channel 5" for
their continuing help and support.
09.02.2009 We would like to thank Mary Kay company,
and Olga Malafeeva, Olga Gusarova and Diana Arsenieva personally for their
donations and help to our fund!
05.02.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Angelica Mzikyan.
04.02.2009 Gosha Pak
needs to undergo 30 sessions of radiation therapy. The course of
radiation therapy will be billed to him at full cost.
04.02.2009 In two weeks, Umid Pulatov
needs to make another payment for his hospital stay and treatment.
30.01.2009 We would like to express our heartfelt
gratitude to Biotech company and Mikhail Smirnov personally for providing
our patients with free supply of Roncoleukin.
30.01.2009 Sasha Kaminsky
feels relatively well. He continues therapy with Arimidex. Please help
Sasha with buying this drug.
29.01.2009 Alexei Karagodin's
transplantation is scheduled for March 4th. He still owes the donor register
for the donor search.
29.01.2009 A decision was made to offer
Ivan Kalinin unrelated transplantation from a
partially matching donor. The transplantation is planned for March 11th.
It means that we need to transfer 13,000 euros to the register and
raise 2,500 euros for delivery of transplant.
29.01.2009 Oleg Ivanov
had a relapse. He was hospitalized for anti-relapse chemotherapy at
Military Medical Academy. The therapy requires use of Zavedos medication
(15 bottles for 42,650 rubles).
29.01.2009 Slava Zhikharenko
feels well. The control PET scan was scheduled for February 10th and it costs
15,000 rubles.
29.01.2009 Olya Zakharova
needs two sets for the CliniMACS instrument for cleaning of the donor's
transplant. Each set costs 304,358 rubles.
29.01.2009 Gosha Pak
was hospitalized at the hospital No.31. He is planned to undergo MRI
scan and radiation therapy. Gosha's treatment is still billed at full cost.
29.01.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Nilufari Sharifbek.
14.01.2009 Umid Pulatov
needs long-term eye therapy. Please help Umid with paying for it.
13.01.2009 Sasha Vyunikova
needs four injections of MabThera at 500 mg each to treat her GVHD. Each
injection costs 40,000 rubles.
13.01.2009 Kristina Chistopianova
needs three bottles of Hycamtin for pre-transplantation chemotherapy for the total
cost of 33,000 rubles. The transplantation is scheduled for January 21.
13.01.2009 Pasha Drozdov
needs to continue therapy with MabThera due to continuing skin GVHD symptoms.
He needs two more bottles at 500 mg each.
13.01.2009 Eva Shaver
completed the main chemotherapy course. She now goes to clinic once a
month for re-induction. She is in remission and feels relatively well.
13.01.2009 Sasha Korotyshkin
needs a course of treatment with MabThera (500 mg), 4 infusions, to fight
GVHD. Each bottle costs 40,000 rubles.
13.01.2009 Sasha Martynov
was scheduled for transplantation on February 16th.
13.01.2009 Maxim Korobeiko
recovered after high-dosage chemotherapy. We are restarting the fundraising
for the donor search for Maxim!
13.01.2009 Timur Avanesov
was billed for transplantation in Israel.
08.01.2009 Sonia Govdiy
needs long-term therapy with expensive drug, Recormon.
08.01.2009 Starting January 11th
Kirill Tutunnik will need Roaccutane therapy.
The two-week course requires 5 packages and costs 7,000 rubles.
Kirill's control MRI is in two weeks, it is estimated to cost
4,000 rubles.
03.01.2009 Marina Devyatkova
will come to St. Petersburg for transplantation. Marina and her mom need
help with renting an apartment and delivery of donor's bone marrow
to St. Petersburg.
02.01.2009 AdVita Foundation initiated fund-raising
for the treatment of Nina Popova and
Oleg Shakhunov.
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