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Pilar's kidney cancer treatment fund
Supporting Pilar through kidney cancer: medication, transport to the Cartagena Oncology Institute, and living costs while She can't work.
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Pilar was diagnosed with kidney cancer in August. The oncology team at the Cartagena Oncology Institute has planned 8 rounds of treatment, starting in November. She will be away from work for about 3 weeks.
Pilar is 40, worked as a bank teller until August, 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 the Cartagena Oncology Institute 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 $1,650 goes:
• Scans and lab work: $230
• Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $1,300
• Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $120
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Paloma C. Ibarra 🇨🇴 · $250
- Daniel Rusu 🇷🇴 · $200
- Ignacio G. Lara 🇲🇽 · $200
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Pilar all day after reading this. - Guadalajara”
- Benoît Perez 🇫🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $75
“Good luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Mardan”
- Todd A. Banks 🇺🇸 · $50
“Thought of Pilar all day after reading this. - El Paso”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Gabriela Débora Ribeiro 🇧🇷 · $50
- Karina L. Acosta 🇺🇸 · $50
- Terry P. Armstrong 🇳🇿 · $48
“Thought of Pilar all day after reading this. - Auckland”
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $40
- Dennis T. Magsaysay 🇵🇭 · $30
- Jericho G. Enriquez 🇵🇭 · $30
- Hazel T. Reynolds 🇨🇦 · $25
- Kamran Fahad Qureshi 🇵🇰 · $25
- Auma Upendo Byaruhanga 🇰🇪 · $25
“Blessings. My sister told me about this one. - Kikuyu”
- Yanti Yuni Setiawan 🇮🇩 · $20
“Keep your head up. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Depok”
- Kulap Rungnapa Bunnag 🇹🇭 · $17
- Henk Vos 🇳🇱 · $15
- Yamuna J. Chowdary 🇮🇳 · $15
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You're not alone, Álvaro. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Zagazig.
Wishing you peace, Álvaro. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Put this on a community board in Mandaue this morning.
Stay strong, Álvaro. Get well soon
You're not alone, Álvaro. Hope the doctors have good news. Greetings from Lalitpur
Thinking of you, Álvaro. It takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.