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Help Mateus through 6 rounds of treatment for thyroid cancer
Supporting Mateus through thyroid cancer: medication, transport to the Campinas Oncology Institute, and living costs while He can't work.
🇧🇷 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil2,355 views
Mateus was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in June. The oncology team at the Campinas Oncology Institute has planned 6 rounds of treatment, starting in August. He will be away from work for about 5 weeks.
Mateus is 44, worked as a bakery worker until June, 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 the Campinas Oncology Institute 3 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 $2,500 goes:
• Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $1,200
• Scans and lab work: $410
• Transport to the Campinas Oncology Institute: $270
• Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $115
• Household costs while unable to work: $505
With deep gratitude,
Leandro
Updates from Leandro
Small update. $1,195 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.
- Luís Miguel Peixoto 🇧🇷 · $20
“Thought of Mateus all day after reading this. - Maringá”
- Michele Tommaso Basile 🇮🇹 · $25
- Karanja Okello Nakamya 🇺🇬 · $40.50
“Take care of yourselves. Small amount but sent with love. - Mbale”
- Kunal W. Arora 🇮🇳 · $15
“Hope this helps. Only $15 but hope it helps. - Nagpur”
- Farhana Mousumi Begum 🇧🇩 · $20
- Léo Valentin Marchal 🇫🇷 · $10
“Hang in there. - Rennes”
- Waraporn Anong Udomsak 🇹🇭 · $5
“Best of luck. From Bang Khen with love. - Bang Khen”
- Raymond Gyamfi 🇬🇭 · $50
- Shailesh B. Vyas 🇮🇳 · $50
- Nova Mejia 🇬🇧 · $25
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $15
“Take care of yourselves. Hope the August deadline works out. - Saket”
- Sophia Brown 🇬🇧 · $20
- Ravi Babu 🇮🇳 · $10
- Faisal Junaid Mughal 🇵🇰 · $25
- Juan Macías 🇪🇸 · $30
- Allison H. Bradley 🇬🇧 · $10
- Naomi T. Castillo 🇬🇧 · $5
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $10
“Hope things get better. Thought of Mateus all day after reading this. - Faisalabad”
- Nova T. Hoffman 🇺🇸 · $10
- Nipa Tithi Majumder 🇮🇳 · $30
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sending good thoughts. Hope the doctors have good news. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Campinas.
Take care, Leandro. Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Galle.
Praying for you. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Lalitpur