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Fighting Hodgkin lymphoma: help João afford treatment in São Paulo
João is facing Hodgkin lymphoma and the cost of treatment, travel and care at home is far beyond what the family can cover.
🇧🇷 01370-041, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil611 views
João was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in December. The oncology team at São Paulo University Hospital has planned 8 rounds of treatment, starting in March. He will be away from work for about 5 weeks.
João is 44, worked as a taxi driver until December, and has always been the one who looks after everyone else. Now it's our turn to look after him.
Treatment is covered only in part. Medication that isn't on the approved list, trips to São Paulo University Hospital 5 times a week, and the income the family has lost add up quickly.
We've already sold what we could and have begun borrowing for groceries. Every kindness from you takes weight off his shoulders.
I'll post every invoice and receipt as an update so donors can follow where each gift goes.
Where the $1,950 goes:
• Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $165
• Household costs while unable to work: $370
• Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $1,250
• Transport to São Paulo University Hospital: $165
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for João!
Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team is $165 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Happy to explain more.
keep going, Renato. Your post was clear and honest. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too!
Thanks for sharing this, Renato. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 11 people at work. Blessings.
Thinking of you, Renato. Hope this works out for you. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless