Save My Son’s Sight and Life: A Father’s Plea
I am writing these words as a father—desperate, terrified, but still clinging to hope. My son, born in October 2023, is now facing the greatest battle of his young life: bilateral retinoblastoma, an aggressive eye cancer that grows quickly and threatens not only his sight but his life itself.
A Diagnosis That Shattered Everything
We imagined a childhood filled with laughter, light, and discovery. Instead, just a few months after his birth, doctors gave us the devastating diagnosis. Since then, our lives have been defined by hospitals, treatments, and the constant fear of losing him.
Our little boy has already endured several cycles of chemotherapy—first in Uzbekistan, then in a specialized center in Moscow. He has faced it all with courage no child should ever need. But despite these treatments, the tumor continues to advance. The fear of blindness hangs over us like a shadow.
I cannot stop thinking of how much children fear the dark. My son deserves to see the world, not be robbed of its light.
A Last Hope in Switzerland
Now, we have one final chance. Specialists at the world-renowned Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland—leaders in retinoblastoma treatment—have agreed to take on his case. They offer something we thought we had lost: hope.
The first examination under anesthesia and potential therapy are scheduled for August 28, 2025. But there is one barrier we cannot overcome alone—the cost. To begin, we must pay an advance. Without it, treatment cannot start. And without treatment, we risk losing not just his sight, but his life.
The Urgency of Time
Every day matters. This disease does not wait. Any delay in therapy increases the risk that the tumor will spread beyond saving. Time is our enemy, and yet time is also what we are begging to buy—for our son, for his future, for his chance at life in the light.
A Father’s Appeal
I am turning to you—strangers, yet united by compassion—with the most heartfelt request I have ever made. Please, help me save my boy.
Every donation, no matter the size, becomes part of the fight for his sight and his life. Every share of this story expands the circle of hope. Every word of kindness gives us strength to endure.
Gratitude in the Darkness
We have already seen how powerful humanity can be—through kind words, through solidarity, through the smallest acts of generosity that mean the world to us. From the depths of my heart, I thank you for reading, for caring, for standing with us.
Please, help us open the door to Switzerland, to treatment, to light.
Help me save my son’s eyes, his smile, his life.
Because no child should be condemned to darkness.
Because every child deserves to see the world they belong to.
—A distraught father
