Matvei is being treated with the medicine Afinitor

«When Matvei found out that he was sick, I didn't notice any indignation or surprise in his face. He took the news in working mode: "Okay, I'll be treated. And so disciplined, step by step, we went through all the trials together», — says Iurii, the boy's father. When he talks about his son, you get the feeling that Yuri is talking about a close friend. A close friend who has gone through a lot of ordeals. Every word reflects a real strong male friendship, unaffected by time or illness. «Since Matvei was born, we were always together. I took my son with me everywhere — to visit, to work, when I went on business. He and I are inseparable, we can understand each other at a glance. When Matvei fell ill, it was out of the question that someone else would go with him to the hospital», — Iurii recalls. The illness settled in the Smirnov family two years ago in the fall. During a lesson at school Matvei got a fever that they couldn't bring down for several days. Yuri got worried. He took Matvey to Petrozavodsk for examination, where he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The teenager underwent six blocks of chemotherapy, and last year another test was left behind in St. Petersburg — a bone marrow transplant. Matvei went into long-awaited remission. But his body was attacked by a reaction of "graft versus host. The complication affected his liver function. To cope with complications after the transplantation Matvei needs the drug Afinitor. Currently there is no medication available at the clinic's pharmacy, and the therapy cannot be interrupted. That is why we ask for your help. Let's help Matvei to defeat the disease as soon as possible!