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URGENT! Help Gio beat rare cancer sarcoma stage 4

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JOIN US TO HELP GIO TO OVERCOME CANCER!

This is Giordani Pacífico Medeiros, or simply Gio, a 29 year old Brazilian, full of dreams and love for life. Gio is a Control and Industrial Automation Engineer living in the city of Goiânia, Brazil. https://www.linkedin.com/in/giordani-medeiros-418b5491/


Recently, on March 13, 2019, Gio underwent a new emergency surgery, to remove another SARCOMA tumor in the paravertebral region, which was compressing the marrow and he RISK THE RISK OF BECOMING PARAPLEGIC. Extensive surgery included the placement of bone marrow protection plate and support pins in the affected vertebrae.


THE CURRENT SITUATION IS SERIOUS!

Gio has been bedridden without the movements of his legs since he underwent surgery, and the medical team has informed that it will be a long-term treatment, with intensive physiotherapy to return the movements. He recently underwent a procedure to remove fluids from the lung that had a stroke in the pleura, compressing the lung and making breathing and lung functions difficult. To withstand the pain he makes use of injectable morphine every day.

The surgery is being healed by second intention, with the intensive laser treatment, because the stitches opened and the tissue in the place did not give support for the closing of the surgical cut.

At this stage, Gio needs intensive and advanced treatments to overcome the cancer fight, and as he is bedridden, a great team of professionals such as physical therapist, psychologist, therapists, caregivers, nutritionists, nurses, doctors, are being mobilized for home care.



Every day he takes a lot of drugs, and the vast majority is not provided by the government.

URGENT FINANCIAL HELP!

Gio needs permanently, medicines, supplements, special food, materials for dressings, rent of transfer winches, wheels, In addition to the monthly costs of the professionals, and addition to the payment of the Health Plan itself and everything else that involves the complexity of your case. 

This campaign is to help give Gio a better quality of life at this stage of advanced treatment in his fight to overcome cancer and also help relieve the financial depletion of his family, who have become less and less able to afford the highs costs of treatments, in the great struggle for Gio to overcome cancer.

Gio is without any income of his own, for not being able to work. The only income he has at the moment is the Social Security sickness benefit, in the amount of $ 580.00 per month. We ask for your FINANCIAL DONATION and also your support to HELP URGENTLY DISCLOSE this campaign, sharing with your friends around the world!

Our goal is to urgently secure all financial resources that will cover the IMEDIATE costs of Gio's treatment and to have an EMERGENCY RESERVE for a possible need for transfer to an advanced treatment center outside Brazil, such as John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA. his rare and high-grade cancer, "PLEOMORPHICAL  INDIFFERENTIATED SARCOMA FROM HIGH-LEVEL SOFT PARTS", and requires advanced treatments, after having undergone 5 surgeries since the first diagnosis.
Click here to learn more about this rare cancer sarcoma: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/adult/bone_disorders/bone_disorders_22,sarcoma

OUR GRATITUDE!

All financial aid, big or small, will be welcome and will immensely help improve Gio's quality of life, helping him to overcome obstacles and challenges with great determination in this battle against cancer! Let's go together!

GIO’S LIFE MOMENTS

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  • Rodrigo Zuolo
    • $65 
    • 5 yrs

Organiser

Anastacia Sapountzakis
Organiser
Box Hill South VIC

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