Bills & expensesMedical & healthUrgent
Elżbieta's spinal decompression surgery can't wait - please help us cover the bill
A scheduled spinal decompression surgery in November is out of reach without help covering $1,600 of the cost.
🇵🇱 Gliwice, Silesia, Poland1,957 views
Elżbieta was diagnosed with a cleft palate needing repair in August. The surgeon at Gliwice Regional Medical Center recommended spinal decompression surgery, and She is scheduled for November. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $2,300, and after what the government subsidy will pay we're still $1,600 short.
my daughter has been in and out of Gliwice Regional Medical Center since August. The doctors say a cleft palate needing repair will get worse without spinal decompression surgery. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $2,300 is more than we can find.
While we wait, Elżbieta struggles with daily life and can't look after the children alone. Her family has taken turns caring for her, and I've cut my own work hours to be there.
Recovery is expected to take about 3 weeks. During that time Elżbieta won't be able to look after the children alone, so the costs keep growing.
I'll pay the hospital and pharmacy directly and post every receipt in the updates section.
Where the $1,600 goes:
• Travel and lodging for the family: $185
• Post-operative medication: $65
• Hospital stay (2 nights): $1,100
• Physiotherapy sessions: $250
I hope life is good to you.
- Aleksandra
- due date
- 2026-12-01
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
Updates from Aleksandra
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Baptiste Roux 🇨🇦 · $42
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
“All the best. Thought of Elżbieta all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”
- Akira Masaru Taniguchi 🇯🇵 · $124
“Good luck. Hope the November deadline works out. - Kobe”
- Fernando H. De Leon 🇵🇭 · $10
- Gerald A. Mercado 🇵🇭 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $37.50
- Ximena T. Curtis 🇺🇸 · $20
- Hatice Pınar Özdemir 🇹🇷 · $59
“Hope it all works out. From Kadıköy with love. - Kadıköy”
- Sipho N. Naicker 🇿🇦 · $50
- Yasmin Rima Nasser 🇪🇬 · $10
- Yana Halyna Bogdanov 🇺🇦 · $25
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Elżbieta all day after reading this. - Odesa”
- Rakesh Srivastava 🇺🇸 · $5
- Jose Bowman 🇬🇧 · $10
“Thought of Elżbieta all day after reading this. - London”
- Spyridon Kostas Zafeiriou 🇬🇷 · $40
“Rooting for you. From Thessaloniki with love. - Thessaloniki”
- Rajesh Chhetri 🇳🇵 · $75
- Lộc Bình Chau 🇻🇳 · $10
- Márcia Luciana Vasconcelos 🇧🇷 · $50
“Best of luck. My neighbor told me about this one. - Santos”
- In-ho In-ho Ryu 🇰🇷 · $15
- Yogesh Gandhi 🇮🇳 · $10
- Brian W. Hawkins 🇬🇧 · $10
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Gliwice.
Best of luck, Aleksandra. Shared this with my family
so sorry you're going through this, Aleksandra. Shared this with my family. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.