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Fighting stage 3 ovarian cancer: help Aurora afford treatment in Newcastle

Supporting Aurora through stage 3 ovarian cancer: medication, transport to Newcastle University Hospital, and living costs while She can't work.

🇦🇺 New South Wales, Australia7,610 views
Leonardo N. Henry
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Newcastle
Aurora was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer in September. The oncology team at Newcastle University Hospital has planned 4 rounds of treatment, starting in November. She will be away from work for about 3 weeks. Aurora is 26, worked as a hairdresser until September, 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 Newcastle University Hospital 4 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 $6,200 goes: • Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $2,650 • Scans and lab work: $850 • Transport to Newcastle University Hospital: $870 • Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $460 • Household costs while unable to work: $1,370 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Leonardo
#cancer#treatment#family#medical

Updates from Leonardo

  1. 75% there. the plan for chemotherapy and medication not covered is now scheduled. Thank you.

  2. Update from Newcastle: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 38% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,100 in total) the plan for household costs while unable to work is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Rachel R. Lawrence 🇺🇸 · $250

    “All the best. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Rochester”

  • Simone Ingrid Barbosa 🇧🇷 · $250

    “Hope it all works out. Only $250 but hope it helps. - São Paulo”

  • Todd C. Ortega 🇺🇸 · $250
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  • Gustavo L. Ibarra 🇲🇽 · $100
  • Winda Nasution 🇮🇩 · $100

    “Thought of Aurora all day after reading this. - Jakarta Selatan”

  • Kacper Tomasz Nowak 🇵🇱 · $100
  • Tareq Tareq Roy 🇧🇩 · $100

    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Aurora all day after reading this. - Dhaka”

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  • Budi Candra Sihombing 🇮🇩 · $100

    “Good luck. Thought of Aurora all day after reading this. - Jakarta Selatan”

  • Yağmur Sarı 🇹🇷 · $100
  • Gerald W. Mercado 🇵🇭 · $100

    “All the best. Thought of Aurora all day after reading this. - Manila”

  • Jamila Zahra Hamid 🇬🇧 · $100

    “Be well. Thought of Aurora all day after reading this. - Liverpool”

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  • Julien Michel Dumas

    you're not alone. Get well soon. Take care.

    • Nonso Okechukwu Hassan

      Praying for you. This could happen to any of us. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. All the best!

      • Sandeep T. Bhardwaj

        Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Curitiba.

        • Clara Julia Wolf

          Best of luck, Leonardo. Hope the doctors have good news. Put this on a community board in Flint this morning. Thinking of Newcastle

          • Berhanu Ephrem Legesse

            Hope things get better soon, Leonardo. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.

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