The MySQL community -- who create, maintain and support the leading
free database -- are raising funds for Andrii Nikitin, a MySQL support
engineer in Ukraine whose little boy, Ivan, needs a $400,000
bone-barrow transplant.
"My family got bad news - doctors said allogenic bone marrow transplantation is the only chance for my son Ivan.
"8 months of heavy and expensive immune suppression brought some
positive results so we hoped that recovering is just question of time.
"Ivan is very brave boy - not every human meets so much
suffering during whole life, like Ivan already met in his 2,5 years.
But long road is still in front of us to get full recover - we are
ready to come it through.
"Ukrainian clinics have no technical possibility to do such
complex operation, so we need 150-250K EUR for Israel or European or US
clinic. The final decision will be made considering amount we able to
find. Perhaps my family is able to get ~60% of that by selling the flat
where parents leave and some other goods, but we still require external
help."