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Olga Shchekina

News

5.08.2009 We have completed the fundraising for the benefit of Olga Shchekina. Olya and her mother have already left for Germany. We thank all who have responded.

News-2007

17.10.2007 Olya Shchekina and her mother returned from the Munich clinic on October 14. After a thorough examination, the German physicians decided that surgery is not appropriate now in Olya's case.

They have helped

Tatiana Kotelnikova, mother of Olga Shchekina, is asking for your and our help again. The child underwent intensive chemotherapy at the Department of Oncohematology-16 from February to September 2007 and still regularly arrives there for check-ups.
Olga has grown up a lot and now has long and beautiful hair. She is already in her tenth school year and receives only good and excellent grades. She is a fan of reading and embroidering.
In 2007-2008, you helped Olga undergo a medical examination at a clinic in Munich. Now the girl and her mother must go to Germany for the third time. The money for the examination is available (the remaining part of the sum previously raised), but the family has no money to pay for the flight tickets: a total of 40,000 roubles (about $1300). Olga's relatives have exhausted all their resources during the struggle with the girl's disease, and now they have no such sum. It would be wonderful if you could help Olga once more!

2.07.2009

My name is Tatiana Kotelnikova. My daughter Olya Shchekina has a terrible diagnosis: retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma. Presently she is at the Department of Oncohematology-16, but the physicians recommended that we continue our treatment in Germany, in Munich. The required sum was 15,000 euro. I took all my small savings and borrowed money from all our relatives and friends. But, after I sent this sum to the account of the Munich clinic and received a visa, it turned out that this sum covers only treatment but not tickets and lodging. I cannot raise any more money. We should arrive in Munich in the beginning of September. Very little time is left, and I have to ask for your help. We need 2000 euro to pay for the tickets and for our stay in Munich.

Tatiana Kotelnikova
August 17, 2007

The doctor's comment

Olga Shchekina, born April 20, 1994, has been a patient of the Department of Oncohematology and Chemotherapy since February 21, 2007. Her diagnosis is retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma. The child is receiving intensive chemotherapy aimed at maximum reduction of the tumor, which was initially regarded as nonresectable. Presently it has become possible to perform such a surgery at the Munich University Clinic.

Head of the Department of Oncohematology-16
D.V. Litvinov

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