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16-year-old Ivan Prykhodko from Kramatorsk needs urgent spinal surgery.
The boy has S-shaped thoracolumbar scoliosis of the 4th degree: Ivan suffers from back pain, the angle of curvature increases, and respiratory and cardiovascular failure is increasing. To save the boy, it is necessary to perform an operation to install special titanium implants. This is a modern operation, with the help of which surgeons will eliminate the deformation while preserving the mobility of the spine. But such a set of implants costs almost 200 000 UAH. For the boy's parents, the amount is unbearable.
Ivan has been fighting for his health since childhood. The boy was born with a serious test – a congenital heart defect, a ventricular septal defect. In 2018, he underwent a complex open-heart surgery at the Kyiv Heart Center.
– I am used to fighting. Since childhood. It just didn’t work out otherwise, – Ivan says calmly. It was my first big fight. At that time, I didn’t fully understand how serious everything was, but I knew that I had to be brave, I had to hold on, he recalls.
After the first operation, the life of the Prykhodko family didn’t get any easier. The doctors discovered another problem in the boy – a chest defect. It is depressed, which affects the functioning of internal organs and his general physical condition.
– It was not easy to learn about another illness, and especially about the limitations that I had to live with. But I didn’t want to live with the feeling that I was weaker than others, – says Ivan.
Ivan grew up in Kramatorsk, a city that lives every day to the sounds of sirens and enemy shelling. But instead of fear and self-pity, he chose courage and strength. Character traits that no illness can break.
After the doctors gave him permission, the boy began to actively engage in sports: first kickboxing, then athletics, and later weightlifting. Sport became for him not just a hobby, but a way to hold on, live and not lose faith.
– Sport became a real salvation for me, – says Ivan. It helped not only the body, but also the mind. I understood that only courage and faith would help me and my family survive another test.
Having reached adulthood, Ivan’s parents planned another operation – to correct the chest defect. But in the summer of 2025, new symptoms appeared: back pain, muscle swelling, cramps.
– I thought it was just overwork or a pinched nerve. But the pain did not go away, – recalls Ivan.
In early 2026, Ivan was brought for a consultation in Dnipro, to the Rudnev Mother and Child Center. After examinations, the center's specialists diagnosed the boy with a difficult diagnosis - progressive S-shaped scoliosis. In a short time, the situation has worsened significantly. Ivan needs complex treatment and surgery, which requires significant funds. He has repeatedly proven his courage, that he can be strong, that he knows how to fight - but this time he needs support.
– This is no longer just discomfort. It's about whether I can live normally, move forward, breathe, do my favorite sport. I really want to live without pain, – Ivan says, taking a deep breath.
Ivan's story is a story of strength, courage and faith. But even the strongest need help.
Therefore, do not stay away. Any contribution - large or small - brings Ivan closer to a life without pain, to freedom of movement and to the future that he is fighting for so much. Let's help the boy together!
Author Roman Betsenko
Photo from personal archive
Dmytro Petrenko, Head of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of the Rudnev Mother and Child Center (Dnipro): «Ivan has S-shaped scoliosis of the thoracolumbar spine of the 4th degree. Recently, the boy's condition has worsened, the spinal deformity is progressing, pain in the chest and back has increased, and shortness of breath has appeared. Over time, cardiopulmonary failure will progress. The boy needs to undergo immediate surgical treatment using a metal implant. This method is the most gentle and modern, which allows you to preserve the mobility of the spine. After a period of adaptation and rehabilitation, Ivan will be able to live a full life, forgetting about his illness».
The supplier of the metal structure-implant issued an invoice for 193 800 UAH.
Dear friends! If you decide to help Ivan Prykhodko, don’t be confused by the price of rescue. Any donation from you will be gratefully received. You can send a donation by bank transfer to the Ufund. All the necessary details are available in the fund and on the website. You can use our electronic payment system, make a donation from a bank card or electronic cash, including from abroad using PayPal:ufondhelp@gmail.com. Also, transfer help to Ivan using the peering payment system by transferring bitcoins to the Fund’s wallet: 1UFondJDKbYMgVhWsyijyvJoWEGWPggNp.
The boy has S-shaped thoracolumbar scoliosis of the 4th degree: Ivan suffers from back pain, the angle of curvature increases, and respiratory and cardiovascular failure is increasing. To save the boy, it is necessary to perform an operation to install special titanium implants. This is a modern operation, with the help of which surgeons will eliminate the deformation while preserving the mobility of the spine. But such a set of implants costs almost 200 000 UAH. For the boy's parents, the amount is unbearable.
Ivan has been fighting for his health since childhood. The boy was born with a serious test – a congenital heart defect, a ventricular septal defect. In 2018, he underwent a complex open-heart surgery at the Kyiv Heart Center.
– I am used to fighting. Since childhood. It just didn’t work out otherwise, – Ivan says calmly. It was my first big fight. At that time, I didn’t fully understand how serious everything was, but I knew that I had to be brave, I had to hold on, he recalls.
After the first operation, the life of the Prykhodko family didn’t get any easier. The doctors discovered another problem in the boy – a chest defect. It is depressed, which affects the functioning of internal organs and his general physical condition.
– It was not easy to learn about another illness, and especially about the limitations that I had to live with. But I didn’t want to live with the feeling that I was weaker than others, – says Ivan.
Ivan grew up in Kramatorsk, a city that lives every day to the sounds of sirens and enemy shelling. But instead of fear and self-pity, he chose courage and strength. Character traits that no illness can break.
After the doctors gave him permission, the boy began to actively engage in sports: first kickboxing, then athletics, and later weightlifting. Sport became for him not just a hobby, but a way to hold on, live and not lose faith.
– Sport became a real salvation for me, – says Ivan. It helped not only the body, but also the mind. I understood that only courage and faith would help me and my family survive another test.
Having reached adulthood, Ivan’s parents planned another operation – to correct the chest defect. But in the summer of 2025, new symptoms appeared: back pain, muscle swelling, cramps.
– I thought it was just overwork or a pinched nerve. But the pain did not go away, – recalls Ivan.
In early 2026, Ivan was brought for a consultation in Dnipro, to the Rudnev Mother and Child Center. After examinations, the center's specialists diagnosed the boy with a difficult diagnosis - progressive S-shaped scoliosis. In a short time, the situation has worsened significantly. Ivan needs complex treatment and surgery, which requires significant funds. He has repeatedly proven his courage, that he can be strong, that he knows how to fight - but this time he needs support.
– This is no longer just discomfort. It's about whether I can live normally, move forward, breathe, do my favorite sport. I really want to live without pain, – Ivan says, taking a deep breath.
Ivan's story is a story of strength, courage and faith. But even the strongest need help.
Therefore, do not stay away. Any contribution - large or small - brings Ivan closer to a life without pain, to freedom of movement and to the future that he is fighting for so much. Let's help the boy together!
Author Roman Betsenko
Photo from personal archive
Dmytro Petrenko, Head of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of the Rudnev Mother and Child Center (Dnipro): «Ivan has S-shaped scoliosis of the thoracolumbar spine of the 4th degree. Recently, the boy's condition has worsened, the spinal deformity is progressing, pain in the chest and back has increased, and shortness of breath has appeared. Over time, cardiopulmonary failure will progress. The boy needs to undergo immediate surgical treatment using a metal implant. This method is the most gentle and modern, which allows you to preserve the mobility of the spine. After a period of adaptation and rehabilitation, Ivan will be able to live a full life, forgetting about his illness».
The supplier of the metal structure-implant issued an invoice for 193 800 UAH.
Dear friends! If you decide to help Ivan Prykhodko, don’t be confused by the price of rescue. Any donation from you will be gratefully received. You can send a donation by bank transfer to the Ufund. All the necessary details are available in the fund and on the website. You can use our electronic payment system, make a donation from a bank card or electronic cash, including from abroad using PayPal:ufondhelp@gmail.com. Also, transfer help to Ivan using the peering payment system by transferring bitcoins to the Fund’s wallet: 1UFondJDKbYMgVhWsyijyvJoWEGWPggNp.