Hello!
We would like to ask you all for your help. It is our mother, Svetlana
Lukicheva, who needs help.
Our family is from Kyrgyztan, which is where our mother was diagnosed with
acute myeloblastic leukemia in August 2009. Unfortunately this disease cannot
be treated properly in Kyrgyztan, so we transferred our mother to a city
hospital in St. Petersburg. Mother's treatment here has to be paid for.
In August 2009 mother was administered the first chemotherapy course. The
recovery process was difficult (mother got into intensive care twice and had
2 surgeries) but thanks to the doctors' hard work and support she got better,
and since October 2009 she's in remission. In January 2010 mother is to have
another chemotherapy course. The interval between the courses is longer than
it has to be due to the long time it took her to recover.
At present mother is in hospital, her condition is good, and the doctors are
planning to begin the second chemotherapy course at the beginning of next week.
When the first course was over we had to make a choice: to come back home or stay
in St. Petersburg. We are not able to pay for the second course on our own. We
do not know how much it will cost (depends on mother's condition), but the
first one cost us 780,000 roubles. Also, mother needs an antifungal drug called
Vfend which costs 20,300 roubles per week.
Yet upon consideration we decided to continue with mother's treatment and look
for ways to pay for it.
We have already sold out apartment in Kyrgyztan, but that sum only lasted for
the first 3 months. Mother is 55, and the doctors believe she has a chance to
fully recover, but to make this happen the treatment must be continued.
We all have jobs and try our best to earn the money, but unfortunately our
family's income is not enough, that's why we have to ask for help.
Life gave our mother a chance to recover, but this chance is now in our hands
and also in the hands of the kind people who will help us pay for the second
treatment course. We so hate the idea of wasting the doctors' and our mother's
efforts to overcome the disease due to lack of money.
Thank you for your understanding.
Respectfully,
Katya and Dima,
children of Svetlana Lukicheva
Home address:
Chudnovskogo 13-96,
193231 St. Petersburg, Russia
Contact phone:
+7 (701) 818-3068 (Katya, daughter)
+996-555-789-666 (Dima, son)
Update as of January 25, 2010.
Svetlana started a cycle of chemotherapy.
She still needs Vfend. Svetlana's children pay the full
cost of her treatment and rent an apartment to stay
in St. Petersburg.
Update as of February 3, 2010.
Svetlana completed the second cycle of chemotherapy.
She is now recovering. Svetlana is at the hospital where
she takes Vfend. After a cycle of chemotherapy, Svetlana's
blood counts plummeted. Her son has to purchase
platelet mass for transfusions.
Update as of February 18, 2010.
Our mom is now undergoing therapy to help her recover
after second chemotherapy cycle. During this time, she
will need special hormones and transfusions of platelets
and erythrocytes. We have to buy the blood components
ourselves.
Katya and Dima
Update as of March 1, 2010.
Our mom is now at home and we bring her to the hospital from
time to time for the tests. Her blood counts are recovering
slowly and after another puncture we plan to return to
Bishkek and continue treatment there.
Before she leaves, mom will need to undergo testing at
Mycology Center, where she will receive recommendations
regarding further therapy with Vfend. She is now continuing
to take it. We now need help with paying the
last bill
for her treatment (151,965 rubles) which needs to be
paid off within 2 weeks.
We are trying to find the money, but for now we are
completely unable to pay the bill.
Katya and Dima
Update as of April 27, 2010.
My mom feels well. She already finished the third chemotherapy
cycle at a hospital in Bishkek. She was hospitalized a week after
returning from St. Petersburg. During each cycle my mom has
to continue taking Vfend.
There is no Mycology center in Bishkek, but before her return,
my mom was at Mycology Center in St. Petersburg where she underwent
complete examination and we will now stay in touch with the doctors
in St. Petersburg and send them the CT images so that they can control
the dynamic of aspergillosis.
We were able to buy chemotherapy drugs in Bishkek. My mom was enrolled
into a new grant for patients with blood diseases and they doctors
are waiting for the confirmation. If it is confirmed, my mom will
receive chemotherapy in Bishkek using medications purchased on
the grant money. Unfortunately, Vfend is not included on the
list of medications.
We are doing well. Mom is recovering well after chemotherapy.
Once again we would like to thank our sponsor for his help with
Vfend (2 boxes) and money. My mom is very grateful!
Katya, Svetlana's daughter
Update as of July 1, 2010.
We are doing well and things seem to be calm in Bishkek.
My mother just finished another cycle of chemotherapy and she
is now at home. She feels rather well and we were even able to
go to the countryside two weeks ago.
Katya, Svetlana's daughter
Correspondent Bank:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
SWIFT: BKTRUS33
Beneficiary Bank:
OJSC Bank Petrovski (f. EEFC Bank Plc.)
SWIFT: PETRRU2P
Account No. 04096265
Beneficiary:
Non-Profit Organization
"AdVita Charitable Foundation",
account # 40703840712001000468
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Correspondent Bank:
Deutsche Bank AG,
SWIFT: DEUTDEFF
Beneficiary Bank:
OJSC Bank Petrovski (f. EEFC Bank Plc.)
SWIFT: PETRRU2P
Account No. 100 9497918 1000
Beneficiary:
Non-Profit Organization
"AdVita Charitable Foundation",
account # 40703978312001000468
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