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Ivan Moskaliuk. Good News.

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Few people in this world had experienced more grief than Moskaliuk family.  In easier trials numerous times people gave up. After all that Ivan had to survive, and today we would like to share good news with you. Ivan Moskaliuk finished his main treatment. After long nine months of fighting cancer, Ivan left the hospital.


It is difficult to imagine what Ivan’s father was feeling all nine months. Earlier, he lost his older son and his wife because of cancer, and he still has so much sorrow in his eyes. After two deaths in the family, Ivan’s father’s greatest desire was to see all his loved ones alive and healthy , yet he had to fight a horrible disease again.


The treatment was not easy. Ivan had to go through times that are painful to remember, and he would like to erase them from his memory.


Volunteers of the charitable foundation “Ty Anhel” got attached to Ivan. He was easy going and while he was  in the hospital, he attracted people to himself.


Today, I talked to Ivan on the phone.  Now, he is living with his aunt in Nadvirniy. Doctors did not allow Ivan to go to his native village during the first two weeks because in case of emergency it is important to be close to Ivano-Frankivsk. Of course, we hope that there will be no need to go back to the hospital. Ivan is feeling good and he is in the good mood. Today our volunteer Olesia Gapishin is taking Ivan to a trip to Pnivsky Castle.


Next  week Ivan needs to go back to the hospital for one day to begin supportive chemo therapy and to do blood work. Ivan needs to go back to the hospital once a week for at least one year.


For the chemotherapy Ivan needs methotrexate (once a week) and Puri-Nethol (daily).
Thanks to the parents of other children in the hospital, Ivan has supply of medications for the nearest future. However, we still need 11,000UAH ($1,375) to pay for the full year supply. The other problem is that it is impossible to buy Puri-Nethol in Ukraine, and we will have to find a way to bring it from abroad.

Ivan dreams about going home. He misses his village, his house, and his friends. We hope that with God’s help Ivan’s dream will come true.


All of us, Ivan, his father, and volunteers of our foundation would like to thank everybody who reached out to Ivan, who prayed for him and gave him financial help. Ivan, we wish you to be in strong health and to have God’s blessing. 

 

Andrij Grabchuk, volunteer