Total raised
BYN 44 587,38
Total raised (%)
100%
Meet the child
On July 26, 2016, a long-awaited replenishment happened in the Yurchik family from Minsk - a daughter, Nastenka, was born. The baby grew up for everyone's joy and developed according to age.
Health problems began suddenly when the girl was 8 months old, a week after the scheduled vaccination. Spastic tetraparesis developed, and at 12 months the sucking reflex completely disappeared.
Now Nastya is five and a half years old. Behind five years of struggle for health, examinations and rehabilitation. The girl still cannot chew solid food.
Nastya's main diagnosis is hypokalemic periodic paralysis, a disease characterized by episodic muscle weakness against the background of hypokalemia. In addition to neurological problems, doctors suspect that Nastya has an intestinal anomaly that requires surgical treatment.
To make a final diagnosis, additional examinations are required, which can’t be done in Belarus. Also, due to a mutation in the girl's gene (САСNA1S), the likelihood of developing malignant hyperthermia syndrome (a life-threatening increase in body temperature is a complication of anesthesia with a high probability of death) increases significantly. Unfortunately, Belarusian doctors do not have experience working with patients like Nastya, and the antidote is not patented in our country. It is for this reason that performing invasive surgical diagnostic operations under anesthesia is impossible for Nastya in Belarus.
Nastya is a small miracle. Despite all the difficulties, she remains a very kind, open, inquisitive girl. Nastya dreams of going to kindergarten, like other children, making friends, she dreams of being not an observer, but an active participant in life.
The Spanish clinic of San Joan de Deu, which has extensive experience in the treatment of orphan diseases, is ready to accept Nastya for the necessary neurological diagnostics and surgical treatment of the intestines. The treatment is very expensive and the girl's family cannot pay for it on their own.
The Chance Foundation appeals to help Nastya!
Health problems began suddenly when the girl was 8 months old, a week after the scheduled vaccination. Spastic tetraparesis developed, and at 12 months the sucking reflex completely disappeared.
Now Nastya is five and a half years old. Behind five years of struggle for health, examinations and rehabilitation. The girl still cannot chew solid food.
Nastya's main diagnosis is hypokalemic periodic paralysis, a disease characterized by episodic muscle weakness against the background of hypokalemia. In addition to neurological problems, doctors suspect that Nastya has an intestinal anomaly that requires surgical treatment.
To make a final diagnosis, additional examinations are required, which can’t be done in Belarus. Also, due to a mutation in the girl's gene (САСNA1S), the likelihood of developing malignant hyperthermia syndrome (a life-threatening increase in body temperature is a complication of anesthesia with a high probability of death) increases significantly. Unfortunately, Belarusian doctors do not have experience working with patients like Nastya, and the antidote is not patented in our country. It is for this reason that performing invasive surgical diagnostic operations under anesthesia is impossible for Nastya in Belarus.
Nastya is a small miracle. Despite all the difficulties, she remains a very kind, open, inquisitive girl. Nastya dreams of going to kindergarten, like other children, making friends, she dreams of being not an observer, but an active participant in life.
The Spanish clinic of San Joan de Deu, which has extensive experience in the treatment of orphan diseases, is ready to accept Nastya for the necessary neurological diagnostics and surgical treatment of the intestines. The treatment is very expensive and the girl's family cannot pay for it on their own.
The Chance Foundation appeals to help Nastya!
