Bills & expensesMedical & healthUrgent
Surgery fund for Pieter: spinal decompression surgery in Rotterdam
A scheduled spinal decompression surgery in November is out of reach without help covering $5,800 of the cost.
🇳🇱 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands2,805 views
Pieter was diagnosed with a cleft palate needing repair in July. The surgeon at Rotterdam General Hospital recommended spinal decompression surgery, and He is scheduled for November. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $9,750, and after what our health plan will pay we're still $5,800 short.
my son has been in and out of Rotterdam General Hospital since July. The doctors say a cleft palate needing repair will get worse without spinal decompression surgery. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $9,750 is more than we can find.
While we wait, Pieter struggles with daily life and can't drive. His family has taken turns caring for him, and I've cut my own work hours to be there.
The recovery period is expected to take about 10 weeks. During that time Pieter won't be able to drive, so the costs keep growing.
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 $5,800 goes:
• Travel and lodging for the family: $270
• Post-operative medication: $380
• Surgeon and anesthesia fees: $3,300
• Hospital stay (2 nights): $1,850
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Lotte
- due date
- 2026-10-21
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
Updates from Lotte
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Ryszard Paweł Sadowski 🇬🇧 · $10
- Murugan D. Varadarajan 🇮🇳 · $10
- Pradeep T. Murthy 🇮🇳 · $100
- Hetal N. Bhide 🇮🇳 · $5
“Thought of Pieter all day after reading this. - Chennai”
- Leonardo G. Carrillo 🇪🇸 · $28
“Good luck. Please keep us posted. - Seville”
- Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $25
“Every little bit - Richards Bay”
- Lola Chioma Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $10
- Alamin Tuhin Banerjee 🇧🇩 · $100
- Silvia G. Serrano 🇪🇸 · $100
“Praying for you! - Tarragona”
- Reem Taghreed Maalouf 🇩🇪 · $10
- Usha G. Luthra 🇮🇳 · $20
“You got this. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Chennai”
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $10
“Thought of Pieter all day after reading this. - Gazipur”
- Vasyl Medvedev 🇺🇦 · $7
“Only $7 but hope it helps. - Kharkiv”
- Reagan Medina 🇬🇧 · $50
“Thought of Pieter all day after reading this. - London”
- Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $10
- Graciela Núñez 🇨🇴 · $75
- Yasir Shoaib Raza 🇵🇰 · $21
- Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $250
- Rowan Parker 🇺🇸 · $50
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.
Praying for you, Lotte. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double!
hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless!
Sending love, Lotte. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Take care, Lotte. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Fresno.
So sorry you're going through this, Lotte. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best!
hope it all works out, Lotte. This could happen to any of us
Wishing you peace, Lotte. Shared this with my family. It's not much but it's yours. God bless.