Dima Zaitsev 7.05.99 Lyudmila Leonidovna brought $600 for Dima. 17.04.99 An American family wants to help Dima and will send him bags with solutions required for peritoneal dialysis before kidney transplantation. 9.04.99 The money, collected for Dima Zaitsev, was used to purchase 240 bags with solutions for peritoneal dialysis. This amount will last through June 18, 1999. Dima's parents thank all those who donated their money with the following letter: «Many thanks to all who helps us to save our Dima. Currently, we live in our home village. After 9-month absence, Dima has recalled all his belongings, acquaintances, and classmates. He began to play with his sister, watch TV, listen to his player. He is getting surprised by anything new. Sometimes, he pulls his sister's hand or hair and smiles at that; he plays with his toys, repeats words, calls our cat, uses mimics to show what he wants. He returns to life gradually. We are very grateful to all who support Dima's life. May Our Lord bless all of you! Parents of Dima Zaitsev, Boyanovichy village, Kaluga oblast.» 3.04.99 Rustem sent $500 for Dima. Also, Vsevolod and his friends from Odessa as well as Vadim from Moscow passed 3000 rubles. Sophy from USA remitted $100, and Alexandra from USA did the same. 27.03.99 Marina passed 600 rubles for Dima. 17.03.99 Boris from USA sent $500 for Dima. 8.03.99 Ekaterina passed to Dima’s mother 500 rubles to buy fruits. In June, 1998, my son, Dima Zaitsev, was taken to the Russian Clinical Children’s Hospital with a diagnosis of acute renal failure. The boy has undergone renal dialysis, but it turned out to have too severe side effects. Dima suffered large pressure drops and convulsions, then a pulmonary edema and brain edema occurred. The most fearful thing came in August, 1998. It was a cerebral insult with a IV degree coma, which resulted in a paralysis and motor and speech disfunctions. Dima needs kidney transplantation, but at the moment the kid is too weak, so the surgery is impossible. The boy can only be saved with a peritoneal dialysis, and it would take about one year to restore Dima’s health. The treatment requires $1200 monthly. Our family can't afford it. When I was working as an t elementary school teacher, our family of four lived off my monthly salary of 420 rubles. My husband is an agricultural farm truck driver, and he is literally paid nothing. With all my broken heart, I am pleading with you for help with purchasing expensive solutions required for transition to peritoneal dialysis. It is the only thing that can save my child.