Dear Reader,

We are reaching out with heavy hearts to ask for your support for our beloved Sonia.

At just 36 years old, Sonia has been diagnosed with stage IV Leiomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer that has spread to her liver and several lymph nodes throughout her body. Following her 23rd chemotherapy treatment, Sonia developed Capillary Leak Syndrome, a potentially life-threatening complication that may lead to heart failure. Given the risk of this complication recurring, her doctors have advised discontinuing her previous chemotherapy regimen and switching to Trabectedin, a medication specifically used to treat advanced soft tissue sarcomas.

Although Trabectedin is approved in Canada, it is not readily available in Regina for Sonia's treatment and is not covered under her provincial healthcare funding. Therefore, it needs to be specially arranged and paid for out of pocket. The estimated cost for the first six treatment cycles is CAD $60,000. This amount is far beyond our family's financial capability. Therefore, we are asking for your help to raise CAD $60,000 so Sonia can begin this treatment latest by end of November 2026.

Sonia has been through a difficult journey while working towards fulfilling her dreams. Coming from a small Indigenous community in Bangladesh, she moved to Canada with her husband and two-year-old daughter in July 2023 to pursue higher education and build a better future for her family. She balanced her studies, raising her daughter, and working part-time. Then, in January 2026, during the final year of her studies, she received the devastating diagnosis of advanced cancer.

Her chemotherapy treatment began in February 2026. Since then, she has endured severe side effects and multiple emergency hospital visits. Unfortunately, at this stage, no treatment has been effective in controlling the sarcoma. After consultations with several doctors across Canada, Trabectedin has emerged as the only potential treatment option.

We want to give Sonia the chance to continue fighting this disease, with the hope that one day she will be cancer-free. But we are deeply concerned that her treatment may have to stop because of the financial constraints.

Therefore, we humbly ask for your support in helping Sonia access the treatment on an urgent basis. Every donation will bring us one step closer to our goal and give Sonia hope during this difficult time. If you are unable to contribute financially, helping us share Sonia's story is just as valuable.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking the time to read this and for standing by her side during this difficult time.

Sonia's Family