Help Cancer Patients Pay for Travel Expenses!

Three-year-old Saadat's life is hanging on a thread. She comes from Kyrgyzstan, a country in Central Asia.  Just a few months ago, the life of her family was completely different, full of peace and hope. In April 2024 it turned upside down.  It was then that the tiny little girl was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, high-risk, stage 4.

For a month and a half, Saadat's parents went from doctor to doctor, trying to understand why their daughter remained ill. After many misdiagnoses, a tumor in her abdomen was accidentally discovered.  Within a week, her parents took her to the local oncology center, where the worst fears were confirmed: it was neuroblastoma, a malignant pediatric tumor with metastases to the bones and bone marrow.

The doctors in Kyrgyzstan did not give the family much hope, saying that the chances of survival in the country are only 18%. For a week the family lived in despair - then they emptied their savings, sold everything they had and went to Turkey to fight for their daughter’s life.

In Turkey, Saadat completed three cycles of chemotherapy by now, but she still suffers from unbearable pains. The Turkish doctors estimated Saadat's survival as only 40%.  Saadat's parents then started looking for hope elsewhere and they found it at a Children's Clinic in Barcelona, where the chances of recovery are over 60%.

Saadat's parents are now raising funds for treatment in Spain and will be very grateful for support.  Neuroblastoma is a very dangerous type of cancer that requires long-term treatment and costly medications.  Traveling and lodging expenses are an additonal financial burden for Saadat's family.  Thanks to your donations, we are looking forward to supporting Saadat and other kids suffering from cancer.

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Ilkham is nine and comes from Kazakhstan.  In 2018 he was hospitalized with acute pain in the abdominal area. After a bone marrow aspiration biopsy, CT and MRI examinations, he was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer, nephroblastoma. He urgently underwent preoperative chemotherapy, and then surgery to remove the tumor and the kidney affected. It was followed by 14 days of radiation therapy, and postoperative 34 weeks of high-dose chemotherapy according to the Wilms-Tumor-SIOP-2001 protocol. Unfortunately, Ilkham had relapses in 2020-2022, and then had two surgeries on the right and left lungs, 13 blocks of anti-relapse chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow  transplantation. 

In 2023, Ilkham was diagnosed with a 4th relapse. At that time, treatment options in Kazakhstan were no longer promising, so Ilkham's family decided to continue treatment in Turkey. On August 9, 2023, Ilham was admitted at Emsey Hospital and his treatment began in the pediatric department of Hematology.  The treatment caused some complications, including ileus, which required another surgery. After many years of treatment, the family's financials resources were exhaused and they relied on support from friends and family and the kindness of strangers.  They were very grateful for our support for Ilkham, and in turn to everyone who donated to this project.  Thank you for your care and support for patients like Ilkham!  Please remember to support our project next week, on April 8-12, during Little by Little campaign.  All eligible donations up to $50 per unique donor will be matched at 50% during the campaign, until funds run out. 

Thanks again!