My husband has to connect himself to dialysis every four hours just to stay alive. Day and night.

That is our normal now.

My name is Carla. I live in southern Italy with my husband, Seba, and our four-year-old son, Luca.

Seba has stage 5 sclerosing glomerulonephritis, a progressive kidney disease. While he waits for a kidney transplant, he depends on peritoneal dialysis day and night. Every four hours, another treatment. Every day revolves around keeping him alive.

He cannot work anymore.

That means our family's survival depends on my income alone.

I recently had to leave my job because the working conditions were seriously affecting my mental health. I live with depression and anxiety, and after months of trying to push through, I reached a point where continuing simply wasn't possible.

Now I'm searching for another job every day. Until then, life doesn't stop. Rent, gas, electricity, food, water- it's all the same as it was before the heart attack, before the dialysis.

Our son still needs stability, school, and a home where he feels safe while his father fights to stay alive.

We are asking for time. We believe in miracles, yes we do. But the most we need now is time.

Time for me to finish my Data Analytics certification, rebuild my freelance career, and find stable remote work that allows me to care for Seba, for Luca, while supporting our family.

Every donation helps us protect the small stability we still have.

€25 helps put food on our table.

€50 helps pay for utilities that keep our home running.

€55 runs the gas.

€150 pays the electricity.

€350 covers one month of rent.

These numbers that seem abstract are another month together as a family without wondering which bill we will have to leave unpaid.

One of the hardest parts of this four-hour journey has been accepting that we cannot do it alone.

Asking for help has never come naturally to us, and I think to no one. But sometimes the strongest thing a family can do is admit they need a hand.

If you can donate, thank you.

If you can't, sharing our story with others means more than you know.

Every act of kindness gives us a little more time, a little more hope, and one more chance to keep our family together while we wait for the phone call that could save Seba's life.

Thank you for reading our story.