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The non-invasive ventilation machine gave Veronica a chance to wait for her surgery!

Klub Dobryakov

Charitable foundation · Moscow

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While waiting for lung transplantation the NIV machine is my real salvation. I am incredibly grateful to the foundation for it. Doctors in the hospital have told me that the longer I accumulate carbon dioxide, the less stable I would be and I probably wouldn’t wait for the surgery. I felt it strongly when I couldn't even brush my teeth, being on five liters of oxygen.

Nowadays I breathe with NIV mask for several hours. The doctors have adjusted it to me, but the operating is pretty easy, so I can control the data myself. I reduced the oxygen flow and the saturation increased, due to better ventilation. To sum up, I feel like a human again, not like a fish in the sand. And I can wait for my chance for a new life. Thank you!

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Veronica needs a non-invasive ventilation device!

Veronica was diagnosed with bronchiectatic disease at the age of 4. In the following years, she was followed up by pulmonologists in Ekaterinburg, survived 4 pneumothorax, infiltrative tuberculosis. In the body was detected Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which caused such serious complications as respiratory insufficiency. Since February 2020, Veronica has been observed at the Sklifosovskiy Research Institute and put on the transplant waiting list. Veronica writes: "At the moment I breathe through an oxygen concentrator, I can walk with oxygen (maximum 890 steps per day), I have regular therapy with inhalation and azithromycin. According to doctors, non-invasive ventilation can make easier waiting for transplantation. I am a philologist. Before putting on the transplant waiting list, I was a journalist in the architecture and design publication. Now I lead my educational blog on transplantation and lung disease in Instagram, I do not have recourse for more. As I have been outside Ekaterinburg for 8 months already, of course, I miss my home, coziness, familiar cafes, and the opportunity to lace sneakers easily up and go for a walk in the park. A cat and my friends are waiting for me at home”.