Stand with Maria's Family in Their Fight Against Leukemia

Hello, my name is Maria, I have three children 13 years old, 7 years old. and 1 year 10 months, my husband and I have been living in Indiana for about two years.

I never thought that I would have to write this.

While living in the USA, it was difficult in different ways, but we have never encountered anything like this before... It so happened that in mid-March of this year, the rental of our apartments came to an end, there was no money to rent new ones + a deposit. Having picked up the older children from school and distributed all our acquired property, loading the trunk of a car, we rented a family hotel in the hope of improving the situation and saving up to rent a new home.

My husband worked in a taxi elevator every day for twelve hours, but in fact he left early in the morning and arrived at midnight. It was not possible to save money at all! A lot was spent on paying for the hotel and food. Realizing that things would not get better, we left the state a month later in search of work and a home. We traveled around the southern states for about a month and a half, devoting a lot of effort and overcoming difficulties. It turned out to be very difficult, my husband worked as a taxi driver in every major city along the route and there was barely enough money to pay for the hotel and food. The southern climate didn’t suit us at all, work didn’t work out, and we decided to return to Indiana so that at least the children could finish the school year..

There were no health problems in the children along the way; only the youngest daughter’s skin allergies returned upon her return. And within two weeks, the baby completely lost her appetite, stopped going to the toilet, began to move with pain, and bruises appeared on her body. After two sleepless nights, on May 19, we went to emergence, since there was no normal insurance. My daughter’s name is Divna, she was tested and we waited in anticipation and hope for twelve hours.

Our baby was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia..

I won’t describe our condition, it’s impossible.. From emergence we were taken to the hospital, where they took bone marrow samples from the hip and cerebrospinal fluid. The diagnosis was confirmed as acute leukemia. A week ago she was given chemo, changes in how she felt, constant blood samples for analysis, and lack of sleep. The child is exhausted, she is breastfed and I cannot leave her even one step. My husband’s work schedule has gotten out of whack, he needs to look after the children, cook and feed him, he spends a lot of time nearby and barely has enough for food. One good thing is that no one abandoned us and the doctors are trying to help, promising to cover part of the treatment with our insurance. The treatment was scheduled for two and a half years, soon we will be discharged in compliance with all strict recommendations for treatment and hygiene.

We don’t have money to rent housing and adapt for the first time, and we simply have nowhere to go. We ask all caring and living people who care and who have a heart to help my family get through this terrible time for us.