Dasha’s illness, Ewing’s sarcoma, is a malign tumour that typically affects bones. The pain caused by this tumour is often initially mistaken for a consequence of physical trauma. This is what happened to Dasha – she had a fall, and her back began to hurt, ordinary medicine didn’t help and the pain did not decrease with time.

Her parents sent her for an MRI scan, which revealed a spinal tumour, Dasha was urgently sent to the hospital, where she underwent her 1st surgery to remove the tumour, but unfortunately the tumour kept growing. So Dasha was sent to a clinic in the capital, where she has since gone through 6 chemotherapy courses and is about to have another operation.

Part of her spine will have to be removed together with the tumour, and a metal implant installed to replace it. Such complex surgery is the province of Prof.Ingo Melcher from Berlin. Professor will soon arrive in Moscow in order to conduct surgery together with his Russian colleagues.

Surgery costs £4,000.