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My sister for her orbital decompression surgery

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I am organizing a fund-raising for my youngest sister. For those of you who personally know her, she is a very bright and active young lady, until 2 years ago when her life changed drastically when she was diagnosed with Graves Eye Disease (GED). GED is a rare condition that affects only roughly 0.3% of the population.

For the past 2 years to date, this disease has badly affected her and our family.

Her left eye has been affected – it is bulging out and does not close properly when she sleeps. Daily, she is struggling with both eyes – excessive dryness and gritty/burning/prickly sensations. Overall, this disease has also been psychologically challenging for her. Living with the possibility of losing your vision is daunting.

So far, she has been administered 12 weeks of intravenous corticosteroid injections as this is the only line of treatment available in Mauritius, our home country where she is based. Further treatments for her eye disease (i.e. Tepezza and orbital decompression surgery) are not available in Mauritius. Besides, Tepezza is a new drug developed in 2019/20 to treat GED and is currently not available to non-American citizens. Based on her treating doctors' advice, she has opted for an orbital decompression surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital (UK).

Therefore, she will be traveling abroad for the surgical intervention, which is scheduled on 10th October 2022. She has been advised by the oculoplastic surgeon to spend at least 6 weeks in London for her surgery and follow-ups. Her stay may be extended to 3 months depending on her healing process.
The numerous medical visits over the past 2 years have been financially hard for her. We would be eternally grateful to you all for any amount you can afford to contribute to save her vision.

Thank you all for your kind support from the bottom of our hearts.

Nazifa


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Donations 

  • Cedric Allain
    • €20
    • 1 yr
  • Delia Clark
    • €40
    • 2 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • €15
    • 2 yrs
  • Bushra Raza
    • €100
    • 2 yrs
  • Abbas Abedi
    • €50
    • 2 yrs
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Nazifa Jewan
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Vesancy, B9

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