Help Harvey Cardenas for his Kidney Surgery

Hi everyone, my name is Harvey Cardenas, I arrived in Adelaide some months ago, as an international student to study a VET course. I have a casual job 24 hours here that allows me to sustain myself financially (Just to pay rent, the VET course fee each month, transport and food) it means basic things, but since some months ago I've been started with a feel a very strong pain in my body, specifically in the area of ​​my abdomen close to the kidneys, after many urine, blood test and Computed Tomography scan for a few months the Doctor show me and told me, I'll need surgery as soon as possible because I got 2 considerable stones (1 cm each one) in my left ureter, then are blocking my left kidney. Due to this, he program to me a lithotripsy Surgery this 13 of september 2023, already spent all my savings on the latest test and medical check, but my current savings are not enough to pay all next Surgeon full fee, Anesthetics fee, Cystoscopy fee and medicine post-operation.

So for this reason and my future recovery I'll be disabled for 4 weeks at home, with the life and student costs that I wrote before, but without income.

There is a lot of uncertainty in this situation because I don't know many people here to care about me, and I am far away from my family. Right now, the only thing that brings me some peace of mind is knowing that my student insurance will cover some percentage of medical expenses (which are so high). However, the real concern starts here for the upcoming weeks because I won't have a source of income or savings to support my expenses like housing, food, school, and other necessities that cannot wait, especially for such a long period of time.

I appreciate you taking the time to read my story and any help you can provide, whether it's sharing this message or offering any support, means a lot to me, and I am deeply grateful. I never imagined finding myself in this situation, and my family feels powerless. Thank you very much.

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In Spanish now

Hola a todos mi nombre es Harvey Cárdenas llegue a Adelaide algunos meses atrás para estudiar un curso vocacional, tengo un trabajo casual 24 horas a la semana que me permite pagar los gastos básicos como renta, pago del curso vocacional, transporte y alimentos. Pero desde algunos meses atrás he empezado a sentir un dolor en mi cuerpo, cerca a los riñones,  después de exámenes de sangre, orina y tomografía computarizada, me mostraron y me dijeron tengo 2 piedras de 1 cm cada una que tiene bloqueado mi riñon izquierdo, debido a esto me programaron la cirugía litrostofia. Este 13 de septiembre, ya gaste todos mis ahorros en los últimos chequeos y pruebas médicas, por lo cual mis ahorro actualmente para pagar los gastos de cirugía, anestesia y demás procedimientos, como medicina post operatoria.

Por esta razon y futura recuperación estimada de 4 semanas en casa, no podré trabajar y poder cubrir los gastos que tengo como estudiante que escribí antes y ahora sin ingresos sera algo complejo.