Anastasija

2013-04-25

Fundraising for Anastasija Mailovskaja, a three-year-old girl with diabetes mellitus, who needs an insulin pump.

Olga Mailovskaja from Ukraine has applied to our Charity Fund.

“Our little daughter Anastasija is three years old. A joyful and long-awaited event occurred in our family which marked the spring of 2010 – our daughter Nastinka, a healthy and lovely baby girl was born then. She is the second child in our family, so I can assure you that we took great care of our daughter’s nutrition and health; however, we were powerless in relation to heredity… Some people in my husband’s family have diabetes.

At the end of April, 2012 when our baby daughter turned two, we were given a medical diagnosis of relentless disease – type I diabetes. It is an incurable disease which requires special care and strict control. After one month of insulin therapy, remission has started. She is currently in a remission period, but unfortunately it is not so successful any longer. Pancreas is still working, but it performs its natural functions very poorly. A few months ago we started getting injections of insulin in response to increased blood glucose levels.

Nastia is a very energetic, clever and pretty little girl. Doctors advised us to get an insulin pump if we want our daughter to remain like that, to grow up and develop like a normal child. The worst thing is that our family cannot afford the cost of such expensive medical device, and this is why I am asking You for help. We would appreciate it very much and we would be genuinely grateful to You.”

Type I diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin; therefore, the disease is fatal unless treated with daily injections of insulin. Insulin pump therapy is a long-term treatment of diabetes by using continuous subcutaneous insulin injections, necessary for people with type I diabetes, especially for children as life, otherwise, becomes anguish because of constant needle-sticks. An insulin pump ensures sufficient amounts of insulin in the body throughout the day and night.

Without this pump, a child must have blood sugar levels measured and must be given an insulin injections (even several times every night) – this means a needle-stick to a small and fragile body.

An insulin pump in Ukraine costs about 50 000 Hryvnias (16 000 Litas). The parents live on a modest income and they cannot afford the cost of such expensive medical device. In Lithuanian these pumps are half the price. They cost about 8000 LTL.

We all can contribute some money to the fund in order to buy this girl a vital medical device. Let’s donate money specifically for an insulin pump and let’s make Anastasija’s life complete!