Shchobak Viktoria

Little 4‑year‑old Vikusia needs your help! The girl has a congenital heart defect – a defect of the atrial septum, and she urgently needs surgery to correct the defect and install a heart implant. The operation at the Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery is performed free of charge; we only need to purchase the implant (occluder) so the girl can live! We appeal to you with a huge request to support this tiny child's project!

Vikusia was born with a heart defect. In her tiny little heart lives a huge danger. The window (hole) in her heart is a slow‑acting bomb. You never know when it will explode and something terrible will happen. Now Vikusia is constantly ill, experiencing problems and pain in her heart. This defect must be corrected urgently. It can be done using a modern endovascular surgical method. This operation is performed without cutting the chest, without pain or suffering. The child falls asleep under anesthesia, and with the help of state‑of‑the‑art equipment the best doctors implant a device that closes the window in the heart. In three days the girl will be home, and the trouble will be behind her.

Separating Vikusya from the health she dreams of is only the unattainable price for a heart implant – 100 000 UAH. A modest Ukrainian family living in Uzhhorod and raising two children simply cannot raise such funds on their own. The dad works as a loader, the mom works at a school. They have no idea where to find the money needed to save their child. That is why they are turning to caring people for help!

Each of you can become part of saving Vikusi’s life! Each of you can make even the smallest contribution so that the girl’s heart beats with new strength and allows her to grow and be happy. We appeal to all kind‑hearted people: save Vikusi’s little heart!

Full name: Shchobak Viktoria Oleksandrivna, 21.06.2014

City: Uzhhorod

Diagnosis: congenital heart defect – atrial septal defect