Help end a mother's (46) battle with Cancer

*Prijevod na bosanskom ispod*

*Ukoliko transakcija preko linka ne uspije, možete izvršiti domaće plaćanje u KM na sljedeći račun: 1613000071011912; račun je na ime Dražana Nikitović*

*Plaćanje u eurima, broj računa: 19001521908; IBAN kod: BA391612000106391160; Swift kod:RZBABA2S; Adresa: Novopazarska 40 A; ime i prezime: Dražana Nikitović*

My best friend’s (Ariel Nikitovic; his brother, Gabriel Nikitovic) mother has been battling colorectal cancer for more than a year now. Near the end of last year, it was diagnosed through colonoscopy. She went to surgery, but the cancer was inoperable. After that, chemotherapies started which she received every two weeks to treat it and make it operable. The therapies worked, but doctors in Bosnia were always hesitant to do surgery, so they decided to step in contact with Koc healthcare in Turkey. They heard lots of positive experiences from patients who were treated there. Doctors from Turkey said that they can surgically remove the cancer, so we immediately started planning our trip to Turkey. However, the price of the operation was 45000e. The surgery is best described as a cytoreductive surgery, which involves removing all parts of the abdomen where the tumor has spread. This is followed by HIPEC, a hyperthermic chemotherapy which is applied locally to remove any microscopic residuals of the tumor. With no external funding available and pressed by time, my best friend and his mother decided to loan 10 year credits in order to cover the costs of the operation. Thankfully, the operation was successful, but when they started the operation they found the situation was worse than the original CT image could tell. The tumor was also on the liver and in the abdominal/pelvic wall, which increased the complexity of the surgery. Because of that, they had to do additional procedures which were not included in the original pre-invoice to solve these problems and now we have to pay an additional 20000e to cover the expenses. With all their options exhausted after the credit loans, they have no choice but to start this campaign in order to solve this problem. 20000e is needed to cover the additional costs and this needs to be paid by the time of discharge from the hospital, which is approximately 10 days. Finally, given the high cost of the original pre-invoice and the lengths they had to go to pay for it, help in alleviating the rest of the debt (45000e) they have would be enormously appreciated.

Note: The full pre-invoices are shared in the Story section of the fundraiser. The names (Drazana and Drazena) are different in the pre-invoices because of a spelling mistake which was later corrected.

Additional Note: GoFundMe is not available in Bosnia, so we had to do it in this way (since I live in Austria, where it is available).

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Majka mog najboljeg prijatelja (Ariel Nikitović, njegov brat, Gabriel Nikitović) se bori sa rakom debelog crijeva već duže od godinu dana. Krajem prošle godine je dijagnosticiran preko kolonoskopije. Otišla je na operaciju, ali je pronađen inoperabilan tumor. Nakon toga, počeli su tretmani kemoterapijama koje je primala svake dvije sedmice kako bi se tumor sveo na nivo operabilnosti. Terapije su djelovale, ali doktori u BiH su uvijek oklijevali kada je operacija bila u pitanju. Stoga, odlucili su potraziti druga misljenja. Pronasli su klinicku Koc healthcare u Turskoj, o kojoj su culi mnogo pozitivnih iskustava od njihovih pacijenata. Doktori iz Turske su rekli da se tumor moze operisati, tako da su odmah krenuli sa planiranjem putovanja. Cijena operacije je bila 45000 eura. Radi o operativnom zahvatu pod nazivom citoredukcija, sto ukljucuje odstranjivanje svih dijelova abdomena koje je tumor zahvatio. Hirurski zahvat popracen je HIPEC-om, “vrucom” hemoterapijom koja se aplicira lokalno kako bi se uklonili svi mikroskopski ostaci tumora. Bez eksternih izvora finansija i sa vrlo kratko vremena na raspolaganju, Ariel i njegova mama su digli 10 godisnje kredite kako bi pokrili troskove operacije. Na svu srecu, operacija je dobro prosla, ali pri pocetku zahvata je primijeceno da je tumor bio rasireniji nego sto su to CT snimci mogli pokazati. Tumor je takodjer zahvatio jetru i zid abdomena/zdjelice, sto je dodatno usloznilo operaciju. Posljedicno, odradjeni su zahvati koji nisu planirani u originalnom predracunu I cijena operacije je skocila za 20000e. Suoceni sa tackom gdje su sve opcije iscrpljene, prinudjeni su pokrenuti ovu kampanju kako bi izmirili dodatne troskove. 20000 eura potrebno je isplatiti prije izlaska iz bolnice, sto je otprilike za 10 dana. Konacno, uzimajuci u obzir visoke troskove originalnog predracuna i napora koji su morali uloziti kako bi i taj iznos isplatili, pomoc u izmirivanju ostatka duga koji imaju (45000e) je vise nego dobrodosla, I porodica bi je mnogo cijenila.

Napomena: Potpune verzije predracuna podijeljene su na samom vrhu storyja. Imena ( Drazana i Drazena) razlicita su na predracunima zbog greske do koje je prvobitno doslo u spellovanju. Ona je sada ispravljena (ime je Drazana).

Dodatna napomena: GoFundMe nije dostupan u BiH, tako da porodica nije mogla sama otvoriti ovu kampanju (ja sam mogao, jer zivim u Austriji koja je eligibilna)