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Olexiy Dolishniy

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Date of birth: February 19, 1997  Diagnosis:  Bruton’s Disease, Hepatitis B and C


From the early childhood Olexiy had many health problems. He constantly had colds and it was hard to recover from them. The doctors could not understand why it was happening and finally in 2005 he was diagnosed with Bruton’s Disease (low-to-nonexistent levels of immunoglobulins and severe deficiency of plasma). It is a rare health condition that only one in 250 000 boys has. This condition cannot be cured, and any, even the most insignificant, disease can be fatal. For the rest of his life,  Olexiy needs a special immunoglobulin therapy and every month the boy needs   to go to the hospital.
 
 

Luckily, immunoglobulin therapy had good results. The boy began to grow rapidly, to do sports, and his mom believed that he could fully recover.  Yet, the therapy had complications. In 2013 Olexiy was diagnosed with Hepatitis B and C that he contracted undergoing the therapy. For Olexiy these diseases are deadly.

 
Kiev Institute of Infectious Diseases agreed to treat Olexiy. The boy needs one year of treatment, and just one month costs 15 000UAH ($1875). This amount is too high for Olexiy’s mother/ Olexiy’s father left the family when Olexiy was only three years old.
 
Olexiy  knows how to enjoy life, and he is compassionate to others. In the future he dreams to become a pediatrician because he knows how to take care of the young patients.  He accepted the incurable Bruton’s disease, but he needs to overcome Hepatitis because it threatens his life. Every day matters, but the boy cannot get help because he does not have enough money.
 
We ask you to help Olexiy raise money for the treatment that he needs so desperately. His mom is asking you because she does not know who else she can ask.