Mother of Katya Artamonova is asking for help 30.04.00 Katya Artamonova is in critical condition. For 2 days she was in the Reanimation Ward, but even there her coundition did not improve. Unfortunately, neihter the best doctors nor the best drugs are able to help her now. This is why Katya's mother decided to go home with Katya. 26.04.00 Irina and Tatyana donated $300, a partial payment for a box of Neupogene ($670) for Katya Artamonova. 8 vials of Doxirubicine were bought for Katya. 25.04.00 Natalya from Switzerland send Katya Artamonova 10 grams of Holoksan because the drug could not be found in Moscow. It happened suddenly, like thunder in a clear sky. December 11, 1999 my elder daughter, Katya, had her 5th birthday. The next day she said she had some pain beneath the left scapula, and we went to the doctor, who said everything was fine, she may have just hit herself on something. But after the New Year, Katya was again complaining of the same pain, we went to a surgeon in our regional center, and an X-ray showed complete darkening of Katya's left lung. We were immediately directed to go to doctors in Vladimir. Deep bow to the Vladimir specialists for biing able to make the correct diagnosis. It was malignant cancer. It a short time, the cancer tripled in size. We were sent to Moscow to the Republican Clinical Children' Hospital to the Oncology Ward. Katya is being treated here, but the Hospital doesn't have the complete quantity of necessary medicine. Katya has to undergo 6 pre-surgery courses of chemotherapy with these drugs: 1. Kholoksan with Mesna. 2. Carboplatin. 3. Dakarbasin. 4. Vepezid. 5. Doskorubitsin. The approximate cost of each course is $700. I am asking everyone who is indifferent to the plight of a human being to please help pay for the medicine. I am with Katya in the hospital and cannot work. My husband work on a railroad statoin in Vekovka and receives 1,000 roubles a month ($35), and has to take care of our youngest daughter Maria as well. Please help us save Katya!