Help Us Save the Children!

He who saves one life saves the world entire

Leva Pyryaev
12.02.2004 Leva Pyryaev is in a critical condition. He had a relapse of leukemia after the first marrow transplantation. The doctors, together with Leva's mother, decided to perform a second transplantation, which took place on February 3. However, the chances for its success are slight. Please pray for Leva. 13.01.2004 Dear friends, We are very grateful to everybody for helping Zhenya Privalov. A sufficient sum has already been raised to purchase the necessary means for his rehabilitation. Zhenya will soon have a serious operation, and only after it we will know the actual kind of prostheses he may need. So we stop raising funds for him for the time being. Let us wait for the doctors' opinion. 09.01.2004 Leva Pyryaev's situation is not very good. The doctors are soon planning to remove his spleen, where a residual tumor is present. Subjectively, Leva is feeling playful and merry. He has gained some weight (1 kg), and his cheeks have rounded. He makes a mischievious face and tells everybody that he is afraid only of dragons, nothing and nobody else. His father is taking care of Leva. Leva's dad can do everything very well, except that he is a poor cook. So Kostya Nekrasov's mother cooks food, and Leva eats it all, showing a keen appetite. 05.01.2004 The doctors have managed to cope with Leva Pyryaev's fungal infection. Leva is feeling good enough, actively moves inside his isolated ward, plays toys, and has a very good appetite. But objectively his situation is very grave, and the doctors do not yet make any optimistic predictions. 29.12.2003 An anonymous contributor donated 100 USD for Leva via the online credit card system. 25.12.2003 20 bags of Nutridrink (a special nutrition) worth 861.60 roubles were bought for Leva Pyryaev. 20 packs of Zovirax (30,784.6 roubles) were bought for Leva Pyryaev and Serezha Papkov from the Marrow Transplantation Department. 21.12.2003 Irina Lemberskaya transferred 50 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 20.12.2003 Two vials of Ambisome were bought for Leva Pyryaev. He is currently feeling better, his fever has lessened, and he has started eating again. So far the doctors are satisfied with his condition. An anonymous contributor transferred 4000 roubles for Leva Pyryaev and Serezha Rogozhin via the online credit card system. 16.12.2003 Anna Dall'Olio transferred 55 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 12.12.2003 An anonymous contributor transferred 100 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 12.12.2003 Leva Pyryaev needs your help again. Leva is no longer alone at hospital. First his mother came here, then his elder brother, and then their father learned about Leva's grave disease, arrived in Moscow, and is now taking almost round-the-clock care of his son. Leva had marrow transplantation on November 27. The donor was Eric, his elder brother. Now is the 15th day after the transplantation. Leva is feeling very miserable, everything aches, he is very weak and cannot eat. He needs constant platelet and blood transfusions because of aplasia. In addition, Leva has developed combined bacteriofungal sepsis accompanied by constant fever. Such a condition frequently happens after transplantation and may last another week, but the main thing is that the fungi should not win during this week. So Leva needs expensive medicines that are absent at the hospital: Ambisome and Cansidas. Leva's parents cannot buy them. But the boy's life depends on these medicines. While there is an active fungal infection, hemopoiesis is suppressed and the engraftment of the bone marrow is hindered. Your help is vitally important for Leva, because the transplantation is his last chance. The doctors say that Leva has partially responded to the treatment; the main thing now is to cope with the fungi, so that the bone marrow could start its normal functioning. 18.09.2003 Anatoly Bulanov donated 100 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 28.08.2003 Two vials of Cansidas were bought for Leva Pyryaev. Leva is very glad: his mother arrived today! She will live in the hospital and take care of him. Leva is radiant with joy and tells everybody that he is together with his mummy now. He feels good. The timely therapy with Cansidas enabled him to cope with the fungal infection that had interrupted a chemotherapeutic block. Leva has completely recovered from the infection, but his main disease, leukemia, has not yet been taken under control. Therefore he will have to undergo marrow transplantation after the chemotherapy. Leva's brother Ernest, 13 y.o., will be the donor. If everything goes well, the transplantation will take place in 1.5-2 months. 18.08.2003 Olga Bernaschina donated 100 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 16.08.2003 Natalya Tereshchenko donated 30 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 13.08.2003 Anna donated 100 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 12.08.2003 Natalia McDonagh donated 15 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system. 08.08.2003 One vial of Cansidas worth 18,963.12 roubles was bought for Leva Puryaev. 06.08.2003 Natalia Vinyard donated 30 USD for Leva Pyryaev via the online credit card system.	Dear friends, we are asking you to help Leva Pyryaev, 4 y.o. He lives in the town of Vorkuta with his parents. He fell ill three months ago and was taken to the regional children's hospital in Syktyvkar. The doctors saw that he had a severe form of leukemia and directed him to the RCCH in Moscow. At that very moment, the fourth child appeared in the Pyryaev family, and Leva's mother had to take care of that baby. She cannot go to Moscow to care for Leva. But it seems that his parents were not too attentive even before that. When he was admitted to the General Hematology Department, everybody saw that he was miserable, hungry, and desolate. He was like an orphan, although his parents are alive. Another child's mother is now taking care of him. In addition to leukemia, Leva has developed a fungal infection, which is now threatening his life. So the most important problem now is to cure this infection. Cansidas, an expensive medicine (575 USD per vial), is necessary. We hope that you will help the boy. 05.08.2003 Donate On-line