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Fighting kidney cancer: help Luana afford treatment in Duque de Caxias

Luana is facing kidney cancer and the cost of treatment, travel and care at home is far beyond what the family can cover.

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Jorge Murilo Freitas
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Duque de Caxias
Luana was diagnosed with kidney cancer in July. The oncology team at Duque de Caxias Cancer Centre has planned 10 rounds of treatment, starting in September. She will be away from work for about 12 weeks. Luana is 25, worked as a taxi driver until July, and has always been the one who looks after everyone else. Now it's our turn to look after her. Treatment is covered only in part. Medication that isn't on the approved list, trips to Duque de Caxias Cancer Centre 2 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 her shoulders. I'll post every invoice and receipt as an update so donors can follow where each gift goes. Where the $900 goes: • Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $100 • Scans and lab work: $220 • Household costs while unable to work: $270 • Transport to Duque de Caxias Cancer Centre: $310 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Jorge
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Updates from Jorge

  1. Thank you all. We're at 33% now ($300). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for scans and lab work is now scheduled.

  2. Small update. $168 so far, I met with the treatment center and confirmed the amounts.

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  • Nils HermanssonQuestion

    Is there anything that isn't money that would help Luana?

    • Jorge Murilo FreitasOwnerAnswerID verifiedPhoto verified

      Thank you. If you're in Duque de Caxias I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Ask me anything else.

  • Bernd Heinz FischerPhoto verified

    wishing you peace. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Addis Ababa.

    • Emiliano S. VillalobosQuestion

      Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Luana.

      • Jorge Murilo FreitasOwnerAnswerID verifiedPhoto verified

        Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team is $100 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Let me know if you want more detail.

    • Luca P. Peterson

      I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Duque de Caxias.

      • Yamini B. MehraQuestion

        How is Luana doing now?

        • Sari Hani Sutanto

          I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My neighbor in Jakarta donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.

          • Rattapon Tawan Suwannarat

            thanks for sharing this, Jorge. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Nottingham.

            • Lucas J. Powell

              you're not alone, Jorge. Wishing Luana a smooth procedure and a full recovery.

              • Senthil G. Gowda

                Keep going. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Duque de Caxias.

                • Modupe Fatima Adeyemi

                  Thinking of you, Jorge. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.

                  • Noman Mohammad Haque

                    Thinking of you. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.

                    • Ida Laura Koch

                      look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. All the best.

                      • Antoni Tadeusz WróbelID verifiedPhoto verified

                        Wishing you peace. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 20 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything

                        • Waylon H. Murphy

                          You're not alone. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.

                          • Leo G. Palmer

                            Sending love. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless

                            • Santiago N. Bravo

                              wishing you peace. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care.

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