Irina doesnt know the name of the person who saved her childs life. Vlad is growing, maturing, and displaying his own unique personalityas if nothing ever happened. Vlad Demidov and his mother Irina are the new heroes of the Blood Family project.
In 2007, 18-month-old Abu Baysultanov was diagnosed with acute leukaemia. He survived and recovered from cancer thanks to your help!
The sisters Kristina and Anna Tarasova (though they now go by their married names) live in Kursk, and have a remarkable story to tell us about how Kristina was saved from aplastic anaemia. There’s only one way to cure this disease: to carry out a transplant which will replace the dysfunctional bone marrow with healthy donated marrow. To the great delight of their parents, their doctors and of course the sisters themselves, Anna was able to become her sister’s donor.
The acute lymphoblastic leukaemia just wouldn’t go away. Elvira (Elya to her friends) went through treatment three times, had two relapses, and finally received a bone marrow transplant. Elya’s donor was her father Raul. This interview with a deeply beloved father and his hundred-percent-compatible daughter turned into a talk with the two people closest to each other. Please welcome the latest heroes of the Blood Family project, Elya and Raul Abdulov.
As a 15-year-old, Zhenya Vaneeva was hospitalised with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 10 years later, Zhenya recalls the past and shares her thoughts about the future.
