Budkova Iryna

This is Irina. She’s a young mother with a complex heart condition. It’s called “asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,” and for Irina to recover she needs a cardioverter‑defibrillator implanted. Only then will the woman be able to survive and watch her little daughter grow.

Iryna’s father and her younger sister have the same condition. What makes this disease unusual is that it doesn’t appear at birth but reveals itself later. It was diagnosed in Iryna at age 16, in her sister at 10, and in her father at 40. Six months ago Iryna’s sister died from a sudden cardiac arrest. We need to act quickly to help Iryna…

In 2012, the girl underwent heart surgery. In 2017, Ira gave birth to a daughter, after which doctors advised the woman to have a cardioverter-defibrillator implanted, costing 160 500 UAH. Now she is in a risk zone, delays are not possible, because no one knows what tomorrow will bring. However, the young family, living in a village and without a steady income, does not have the funds for such an expensive implant. Ira is on maternity leave, her husband is officially unemployed. Hope for help and support rests only with us and you!

Help Ira survive and raise her daughter!

Full name: Budkova Iryna Andriivna, 29.06.1993

City: v. Ozharyvka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Diagnosis: asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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