Naum has been trying to bring his wife to the West for alternative treatment for her condition. He hopes for them to join his daughter. Olga. who now lives in Colorado. Leah Mariasin discovered a growth on her head in 1980 that was diagnosed as a myeloma. She had an operation in September 1981 and now has a tumor on her back as well. She has been told that there is no further treatment available for her. Leah. her husband Alexander. and their daughter Faina applied for an exit visa in 1972 in order to live with their eldest daughter Rita in Israel. Leah is particularly desperate to see her daughter before she dies. Fourth.