Help Yelena and Her Unborn Baby Battle AML

Life has a way of throwing unexpected challenges, and today, we are reaching out to ask for your support for an incredible woman who has dedicated her life to helping others.

Yelena, a devoted nurse, loving wife, exceptional daughter, super star mom to daughter Adrianna, and soon-to-be mommy of 2, has spent years caring for patients with unwavering compassion. She and her family were overjoyed to learn she was finally expecting another baby. But their joy was short-lived as she was recently diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in her 7th month of pregnancy on a routine follow doctors visit and rushed to Cornell Medical Center straight after work on 3/21/24.

Now, instead of preparing for the arrival of her little one, she is facing the fight of her life and the life of her unborn child. This type of AML requires immediate and intensive treatment, including chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant, and long hospital stays, the current stay being one that is lasting into premature delivery and a minimum 6 week stay. She is currently receiving double dose chemo (7+3 regiment) while still carrying her baby BOY! This has placed an enormous emotional and financial strain on her family as she will be unable to return to work for at least 4 months and will not recieve any paid assistance until baby is delivered and even then will have enormous new expenses for travel for her family to visit, medical bills of those not covered by insurance and newly acquired expenses such as diapers and formula all while unable to return to work until all medical treatments are complete and full remission is achieved.

We are asking for your support to help cover her medical expenses, specialized treatments, and living and child care costs as she battles this devastating disease while protecting her unborn child. Every donation, no matter how small, will help ease the burden and allow Yelena to focus on her fight for survival and the safe arrival of her baby.

Please donate and share this page to help a woman who has spent her life saving others. Let’s come together and support her in her greatest time of need.

Thank you for your kindness, prayers, and generosity.