Help Tamara fight DMG's brain tumor

September 2021 changed our lives with terrible news.

"Your daughter has a brain tumor, large...malignant."

What could be worse? Maybe... the tumor is inoperable because it is in a hard-to-reach place.

A few weeks ago, we took happy pictures because Tamara went to the first grade, and here it is.

We decided to be treated in Turkey, thanks to good people we quickly collected the necessary amount for the treatment. There, they were able to perform an operation and remove 40% of the tumor. They prescribed radiation and chemotherapy. Tamara was stable and we were able to continue the treatment at home.

When the war came, we were in Mariupol. Tamara fell ill with covid, the temperature was terrible. All blood counts dropped, donors were searched all over the world for Tamara. The car burned down, it is impossible to get out of the city.

We were released from the hospital on March 3, as there was no electricity, no water, nothing. We went to Azovstalsk Street, to my aunt's house. We arrived only after 20 minutes of shelling. Several direct hits to the house, fire. The first entrance is completely broken. This is very old house, people are hiding in the basement. I don't remember how I ran there with Tamara. We sit, the shelling does not stop. And I understand that my mother is in the apartment. I leave Tamara, count 15 seconds between shots and run to the 3rd floor after my mother. I'm just catching up, I hit the apartment next door, my mother is lying on the floor in the corridor, alive.

How she scolded me then, that she left Tamara alone, that she is the most important thing and, first of all, you have to think about her.

Then the exit from the basement collapsed. And we were picked up by the Ukrainian military and taken to the hospital again. Thank God, the hospital was still intact. On March 5, the head doctor took us to the city center, because in the part of the city where we were, heavy fighting was already going on. city ​​center

A week later, it was destroyed by an airstrike...

Temporary shelter was found with relatives. There was no food, no water, no communication - it was a horror.

Somewhere from March 10, because of stress and everything else, Tamara stopped walking. She just lay silently in a corner, not even asking for anything.Since that time, she no longer cries, at all.

I was looking for someone who could take us out, I begged everyone I saw with a car. On March 15, we were able to leave the city, thanks to Mr. Yuri, who immediately agreed to do it for free.

Tamara's condition was critical - she was malnourished, there was no medicine, bad water and cold... Yuri took us to the crossing point, carrying Tamara in his arms.

Volunteers who helped us get to Germany were already waiting for us there.

In the hospital, Tamara regained consciousness for a long time. The doctors did not even want to start treatment, because they thought that was all. But Tamara was able to recover despite everything.

Apparently, due to stress and everything else, the tumor began to grow actively. Tamara took targeted drugs, but they did not give the result we expected. In November, another tumor appeared, which they were able to remove immediately. In March of this year, treatment with the experimental drug ONC 201 began and ONC 206, which suppressed the tumor. In the summer, we tried experimental T-Cell vaccines, but there was no result.

In August, the tumor began to grow aggressively.

In Germany, doctors consider further treatment inhumane.

But every mother will understand me - I simply cannot go home and wait for my child to die.

Doctors from Turkey offer treatment that gives a chance to stabilize Tamara's condition and give her hope to live.

Thanks to your donations, we managed to overcome this difficult path and pay for the important pills and vaccines. Now I am saving for 3 courses of chemotherapy. We completed the first course on November 7, and with your help we were able to pay for it in full. We also raised money for the second course of chemotherapy, now we have 7137 euros. Please help us raise money for the flight and MRI (1100 euros), as well as the third course of chemotherapy (7000 euros). I would be very grateful for any help and reposts so that as many people as possible know about Tamara.

We really need your help