Skip to content
HelpBLESS
Join free
Browse needsPeopleFeedDonationsHow it worksPost a needSign in
Bills & expensesMedical & healthCritical

Mai's hip replacement surgery can't wait - please help us cover the bill

A scheduled hip replacement surgery in August is out of reach without help covering $4,100 of the cost.

🇯🇵 Sakai, Osaka, Japan3,149 views
Mai Ohno
Email verified
Sakai
In June I was diagnosed with gallstones with repeated infections. My surgeon at Sakai Regional Medical Center recommended hip replacement surgery, and I have been placed on the schedule for August. The hospital's financial office gave me a written estimate of $8,250, and after what our health plan will pay, I'm still $4,100 short. Doctors at Sakai Regional Medical Center told me gallstones with repeated infections will get worse without hip replacement surgery. I work as a retail assistant, and I have saved what I can, but the estimate of $8,250 is far beyond what I've. Until the surgery I can't work full days, and my hours as a retail assistant have already been cut. Every week of waiting means more pain and a bigger risk. The recovery period is expected to take about 6 weeks. I'll not be able to stand for more than ten minutes during that time, so this has become a financial emergency as well as a medical one. The money goes straight to the treatment bills, and I'll share the invoices as they're paid so you can see exactly what your gift did. Where the $4,100 goes: • Post-operative medication: $180 • Surgeon and anesthesia fees: $1,800 • Physiotherapy sessions: $480 • Hospital stay (4 nights): $1,640 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
due date
2026-09-05
bill type
Hospital invoice
#surgery#hospital-bills#recovery#medical

Updates from Mai

  1. 54% there. I made the first payment toward hospital stay. Thank you.

  2. We're at 19% thanks to 27 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Qasim Fadi Slimani 🇪🇬 · $250
  • Simone Simone Freitas 🇧🇷 · $200
  • Roberto Contreras 🇦🇷 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $100

    “All the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Dhaka”

  • Himari Murata 🇯🇵 · $100

    “Sending love. I'm in Kitakyushu, thinking of you.”

  • Babar Nadeem Pasha 🇵🇰 · $100

    “Rooting for you. Thought of Mai all day after reading this. - Multan”

  • Leonardo G. Cohen 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Tharindu Roshan Silva 🇱🇰 · $100

    “Stay strong. From Negombo with love.”

  • Dina Lina Nassar 🇸🇦 · $100
  • Gaurav L. Thakur 🇬🇧 · $100

    “Good luck. Thought of Mai all day after reading this. - Birmingham”

  • Tamanna Priya Uddin 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Amit K. Sandhu 🇮🇳 · $100

    “All the best. Hope the September deadline works out. - Nashik”

  • Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇮🇪 · $100
  • Bianca Kelly Paiva 🇧🇷 · $100

    “Get well soon. Been where you're, it gets better. - São Paulo”

  • Defne Melek Şahin 🇹🇷 · $100
  • Rahayu Rani Wijaya 🇮🇩 · $75
  • Inés L. Robles 🇪🇸 · $75

    “Get well soon. - Barcelona”

  • Mahmoud Mohammed Darwish 🇪🇬 · $75

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.

  • Elijah F. MorenoQuestion

    Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Sakai.

    • Mai OhnoOwnerAnswer

      Thank you. If you're in Sakai I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.

  • Bogdana RomanovPhoto verified

    Thanks for sharing this. Get well soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

    • Victor RashidiQuestion

      How is Mai doing now?

      • Thomas J. Morgan

        Good luck. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

        • Michail Antoniou

          sending love, Mai. I hope things turn around soon. All the best

          • Naoki Jiro Tamura

            Wishing you peace. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Abuja but we're thinking of you

            • Neema Nakato Kiptoo

              Hope it all works out. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.

              $4,333.50 raised of $4,100

              Give

              More people who need help