20.08.2016

Danya fought for his life with all his might. His parents, doctors, friends, and strangers did everything they could to help him recover. But, sadly, the disease prevailed. 19.08.2016 Danya has passed away. Rest in peace, little one! 

28.05.2015

Letter from Daniil's parents:

"Hello, dear friends! A huge thank you to everyone who helped raise funds for our son's treatment! Without your help and support, we wouldn't have been able to complete the fundraiser. Danichka has been undergoing treatment at the University Hospital of Düsseldorf in Germany for six months now. He has undergone 5 blocks of very harsh chemotherapy with hyperthermia, with two sessions per block. His blood counts were dropping, and a bacteria was detected, which was successfully treated thanks to the correct identification of the bacteria and the appropriate antibiotics. He suffered from constant bladder infections due to catheters. The appropriate treatment method helped achieve positive results. After the second block, an MRI showed that the tumor was shrinking. After the fifth block, he underwent surgery. The surgery lasted almost 7 hours, and the tumor and prostate gland were removed. Unfortunately, the prostate gland could not be saved; it was completely overgrown with tumor. Fortunately, we were able to save the bladder. When the tumor was removed, the urethra had to be completely reshaped where the tumor was compressing it. The entire tumor was sent for histology, and the results showed that the tumor was dead, with no cancer cells found.

When Danichka had recovered somewhat from the surgery, we administered another round of chemotherapy without hyperthermia. Immediately after the surgery, the catheter was removed from the urethra and a urinary catheter was inserted as before. After this surgery, disaster struck; we almost lost Danichka. Due to low blood counts from the chemotherapy and recent surgeries, internal bleeding developed. We had to operate urgently, and thank God, we were able to find the bleeding vessel and stop the bleeding. Danichka was in very serious condition. When his blood counts began to improve and he began to recover, we decided to train his bladder. We blocked the catheter, the bladder filled, and we waited for Danichka to urinate naturally, but nothing happened. An X-ray showed that the canal where it was reshaped was severely narrowed, with scarring. We were discharged home to recover and gain strength. Danichka had lost a significant amount of weight; he hadn't eaten anything for almost a month. Now his vital signs are almost back to normal, Danichka is eating and slowly gaining strength. But he needs another surgery, and the clinic has billed him 30 000 €, and the funds raised in the last fundraiser have already been spent. We are asking for your help again. We beg you! Help us raise this amount! Help Danichka finish her treatment and return to a normal, fulfilling life, without pain, fear, suffering, and without catheters. Danichka has every chance of being a healthy child! We can't do it without you!"

01.12.2014

"We have been through the first block of chemotherapy; the chemotherapy is infused in parallel with hyperthermia. In one block there are two sessions of hyperthermia and two chemotherapies without it. His blood counts fell badly,  he developed stomatitis, and bacteria in the urine, most likely because there are catheters in the bladder all the time. Danichka fought and his counts began to rise, but suddenly his temperature shot up; we came to the clinic and it turned out that the subclavian catheter had begun to suppurate. For now it will not be removed, they will try to save it and we are on antibiotics. Removing a catheter is a whole operation. Putting in a new one is an operation too, which means anaesthesia every time, and that is a heavy load. Next week the following block has to begin. The hyperthermia is done under anaesthesia, two sessions per block, each lasting three hours. A biopsy was taken at the start of treatment; we waited for the results and it turned out it had been taken from the wrong place, so it will be taken again. The tumour is inside a capsule; they took the sample from the surface, when they should have pierced it and taken it from inside. Danichka is worn out by the chemotherapy, the anaesthetics and the constant pain, but much more strength is still needed to get through this very hard road."

Tetiana Nykyforova - Daniil's mother.

10.11.2014

Today our charitable foundation "Little Bee" transferred money for Daniil in the sum of 1 150 000 UAH (one million one hundred and fifty thousand UAH), and Viacheslav, Daniil's father, transferred 163190 UAH from his card account. With these sums € was ordered. If the exchange rate does not change before Wednesday (19,75), the sum will come to 66490 € + 40550 € in the father's currency account. That makes 107 040 € in all. There will also be a payment from the Ukrainian Charity Exchange and a letter of guarantee from the German foundation "Ein Herz fur Kinder"
Because of the sharp rise in the € rate, about 10 000 € is still missing to close the sum.
We ask everyone who cares to respond and help raise the sum that is lacking.

31.10.2014

The fundraiser for Daniil's operation is closed!!! An enormous thank you to everyone who helped the little boy's family! Today Tetiana and Danyk are leaving for Kyiv to deal with the documents; on Monday they are expected at the clinic in Germany for examination and the operation. We await good news.

22.09.2014

"Daniil has been through 4 blocks of chemotherapy and tolerated the treatment very badly. Unfortunately, the chemotherapy did not give the desired result. After the 4 block we moved to the 2nd line of the protocol and went through 2 more blocks of chemotherapy with different drugs, which also gave no results. The only good news is that the tumour is not growing and that Danichka tolerated the last two blocks more easily. The child has recovered after the chemotherapy; a follow-up CT and MRI examination of all the organs was carried out and he was discharged; we have to decide on further treatment. 
We cannot fly to the Charite clinic, the money raised is not enough to pay for the treatment. We approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the German consuls are negotiating with the clinic so that we may be admitted with the sum raised so far and treatment can begin, with the rest to be paid gradually. In Kyiv we had an examination: a CT with double contrast, which showed that the bladder is not affected, but the urological surgeons insist that they will remove it all the same and that preserving the organs is out of the question. We saw the chief paediatric oncologist H. I. Klymniuk (National Cancer Institute) and received an official conclusion that Daniil needs treatment abroad (in order to preserve his organs). 
Danichka feels well now; only sometimes something in his tummy troubles him, but it is bearable. The catheter in the bladder was replaced because it leaked badly and the fixing plaster made his tummy sore, which caused the child pain. Since the treatment is not continuing and the tumour may begin to progress, we shall have to go through one more block of chemotherapy; we hope it will hold the tumour back a little longer".

Hoping for help in saving my son, Tetiana Nykyforova.

Assistance provided - 1 408 313,40 UAH: